Bioconversion of pentose sugars to ethanol by free and immobilized cells of Candida shehatae (NCL-3501): Fermentation behaviour

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 555-560

  Abbi, Monisha ^a   Kuhad, Ramesh Chander ^a,c   Singh, Ajay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0000009802     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-9592(95)00104-2     Document Type: Article

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