Lovastatin production by an oleaginous fungus, Aspergillus terreus KPR12 using sago processing wastewater (SWW)

Table 3 Lovastatin production by A. terreus KPR12 compared with other reports

A. terreus strain	Carbon source	Specific supplements/factors	Yield (mg L⁻¹)	References
ATCC 20542	Lactose, glycerol	–	161.8	Bizukojc and Pecyna [80]
JPM3	Glucose	–	138.4	Jaivel and Marimuthu [56]
Z15-7	Glycerol	Mutant	916.7	Li et al. [61]
LA414	Soluble starch	Polyketide antibiotic	952.7	Jia et al. [62]
NRRL 255	Glucose malt extract milk powder	Reactor	920	Gupta et al. [81]
GD13	Lactose	Cyclic mutagenesis	1242	Kaur et al. [60]
LA414	Soluble starch	–	523.9	Jia et al. [57]
MUCL 38669	Lactose, glucose	Linoleic acid supplements	212.5	Sorrentino et al. [31]
KPR12	Starch-based SWW	–	450.79 (kinetic study)	Present study
Monascus strain
MTCC 369	Glucose	–	737	Ahmad et al. [82]
MTCC 369	Glucose	–	351	Sayyad et al. [83]

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