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Table 3 Fumaric acid production from glycerol and xylose mixture by various strains of Rhizopus sp. after 120 h of growth (35 °C, 200 rpm)

From: A co-utilization strategy to consume glycerol and monosaccharides by Rhizopus strains for fumaric acid production

Rhizopus sp. strain

Xylose

Glycerol

Fumaric acid

X (g/l)

CV (%)

Gl (g/l)

CV (%)

FA (g/l)

Yfa/s (g/g)

DSM 905

15.24

61.9

22.41

− 12.1

17.74

0.72

NRRL1526

12.18

69.6

24.69

− 23.5

17.76

0.64

NBRC4773

12.98

67.6

21.48

− 7.4

23.28

0.86

NBRC4775

9.12

77.2

20.97

− 4.9

27.82

0.90

NRRL6400

3.93

90.2

20.09

− 0.45

27.82

0.77

IAFB781

0.00

100.0

19.53

2.4

27.92

0.70

  1. FA (g/l), fumaric acid concentration in medium after culture; X (g/l), xylose concentration in medium after culture; Gl (g/l), glycerol concentration in medium after culture; CV (%), consume value; Yfa/s (g/g), g of fumaric acid produced per g of carbon source consumed