Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. About the editors V
3. Contents VII
4. List of contributing authors XIII
5. 1 Global organic acids production and their industrial applications 1
6. 2 Citric acid: fermentative production using organic wastes as feedstocks 21
7. 3 Microbial production of lactic acid using organic wastes as low-cost substrates 35
8. 4 Succinic acid: applications and microbial production using organic wastes as low cost substrates 51
9. 5 Fumaric acid: fermentative production, applications and future perspectives 69
10. 6 An overview about the approaches used in the production of alphaketoglutaric acid with their applications 95
11. 7 Gluconic acid: strategies for microbial production using organic waste and applications 111
12. 8 Itaconic acid: microbial production using organic wastes as cost-effective substrates 125
13. 9 Malic acid: fermentative production and applications 149
14. 10 Butyric acid: fermentation production using organic waste as low-cost feedstocks 163
15. 11 Oxalic acid: recent developments for cost-effective microbial production 177
16. Index 195