Besides plants and animals, the Fungi kingdom describes several species characterized by
various forms and applications. They can be found in all habitats and play an essential role …

Intense research has been conducted to produce environmentally friendly biopolymers
obtained from renewable feedstock to substitute fossil-based materials. This is an essential …

Itaconic acid is an unsaturated organic acid with two carboxyls and one methylene group.
The presence of these functional groups, along with a conjugated double bond, makes …

Itaconic acid (IA) is a precursor of various chemicals, which has been on the US Department
of Energy's list of the top 12 platform chemicals that can potentially be produced from …

The discovery of itaconic acid as a product of citric acid pyrolytic distillation in 1837 opened
the possibility of using it as a polymer building block. Itaconic acid, featuring two carboxylic …

Superfluous algal biomass hydrolysate and purified glycerol obtained from biodiesel
production were utilized for the production of itaconic acid by Aspergillus niveus. The lipid …

Fermentative production of organic acids by using current research can promote the
economy as many countries still depend on importing these multiuse product to meet their …

Filamentous fungi are significant industrial cell factories, playing a major role in the
production of various enzymes, primary and secondary metabolites. In these metabolites …

Itaconic acid production was investigated by using isolated A. japonicas on pretreated
Citrullus lanatus rind under solid-state fermentation. The isolated elite fungal strain A …

Filamentous Fungi Biorefinery, the latest release in the Current Developments in
Biotechnology and Bioengineering series, builds on knowledge on the classification of …