“…Sato et al, 1982;Yamamoto et al, 1980Takamatsu et al, 1982Fujimara et al, 1984Kolot, 1981Sato et al, 1979Nishida et al, 1979;Seko et al, 1990Chibata et al, 1974Takamatsu etal., 1984a,b Yamada et al, 1980Slowinski and Charm, 1973Kim and Ryu, 1982Li etal., 1990Lu and Chen, 1988Constantinides et al, 1981Vieth and Venkatasubramanian, 1979Ogbonna et al, 1991a, b Galvan etal., 1990Chibata etal., 1974Wada etal., 1979 Velizarov et al, 1992Kanemitsu, 1975Nakamichi et al, 1989Tanakaetal., 1989Sirirote et al, 1988Marechal et al, 1979Bang et al, 1983daFonsecaetal., 1995Ishiwata et al, 1990 2.3.1.2 Production of Organic Acids Organic acids are extensively used in the food and pharmaceutical industries and some of them are products of microbial processes. Organic acids can be produced by gel immobilised microbial cells via bioconversion (cf .…”