Thomas P West 
	
					    												Department of Chemistry, 
Commerce, TX 75429-3011
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												Microbial Malic Acid Production: Exploring New Avenues of Synthesizing a
Commercially-Valuable Chemical 						
Author(s): Thomas P WestThomas P West             
						
												
				 In tMalic acid is a commercially-valuable organic acid that has a variety of uses. The production of malic acid from various types of biomass is being explored to a limited extent. New avenues of producing this commercially-valuable chemical by biomass-based microbial bioconversion need to be investigated. There is an opportunity to determine which avenue of microbial bioconversion is the most efficient in synthesizing this industrially-important organic acid from biomass or processing coproducts. .. View More»
				  
												DOI:
												 10.4172/1948-5948.1000303