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The aims of this article were to optimize and assay the production of high value aroma compounds at a bench-scale by the bioconversion capacity of Aspergillus niger LBM055 strain using R-limonene as platform chemical. Temperature, pH and agitation effect on R-limonene bioconversion were evaluated. Optimal R-limonene bioconversion was met at 30.5 \(^{\circ }\hbox {C}\), 100 rpm and pH 6.2, meanwhile best yield of high molecular weights products was obtained at 28 \(^{\circ }\hbox {C}\), 100 rpm and pH 5.4. Conditions of best yield of high molecular weights were selected to apply them at a bench-scale bioreactor. \(\alpha \)-pinene, \(\beta \)-pinene, citral, linalool, carvone, carveol and myrcene were identified. Also, a mixture of carvone, carveol and limonene oxide at a high concentration of 3.1 g/L, was identified by GC-MS analysis. Optimization analysis demonstrated that with the same substrate and fungal strain, it was possible to obtain different bioaromas compounds only by changing the operating conditions. Applying the operating parameters in a bench-scale bioreactor, a composite biofragrance of a terpene mixture, recognized by their citric, woody, floral and minty aromatic notes, was obtained. This study contributed to identified operational condition for the R-limonene bioconversion scale-up for the extension in the citrus industry value chain.
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Velázquez, J., Sadañoski, M., Zapata, P. et al. Producing high value aroma compounds by whole-cell biocatalysis using Aspergillus niger LBM055. Arab J Sci Eng 48, 16495–16506 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-08326-2
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