Method for producing citric acids

摘要

Citric acids are produced by culturing a citric acids-accumulating and hydrocarbon-assimilating strain of a yeast of the genus Candida in an aqueous medium containing, as main carbon source, at least one normal paraffin with from 9 to 20 carbon atoms, inclusive, in the molecule, at a specific pH, and recovering accumulated citric acids from the culture broth.