Process evaluation for enhanced production of aflatoxin-free citric acid by food-grade Aspergillus niger

• Ambreen Latif,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering-College (NIBGE-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan, School of Chemical & Materials Engineering (SCME), National University for Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Hazrat Ali ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alibiotechnologist@gmail.com (HA); zaibjahan@scme.nust.edu.pk (ZJ)

  Affiliation National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering-College (NIBGE-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4176-7772

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• Muhammad Bilal Khan Niazi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Chemical & Materials Engineering (SCME), National University for Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan, Department of Chemical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Interdisciplinary Research Center for Refining & Advanced Chemicals, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2781-404X

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• Zaib Jahan ,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: alibiotechnologist@gmail.com (HA); zaibjahan@scme.nust.edu.pk (ZJ)

  Affiliation School of Chemical & Materials Engineering (SCME), National University for Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan

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• Noor Hassan,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering-College (NIBGE-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Iqra Latif Ghuman,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering-College (NIBGE-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Abdul Tawab,

  Roles Software, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering-College (NIBGE-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan

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• Anam Saqib,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation QuinTech Center for Applied Sciences (QCAS), Lahore, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Hamid Rashid

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering-College (NIBGE-C), Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Faisalabad, Pakistan

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