Characterization of an Endoxylanase Produced by an Isolated Strain of Bacillus sp.

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 114-120

  Lee, Jay J ^a   Hahm, Kyoung Soo ^b   Lee, Ki Young ^c   Lee, Sung Taik ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Hoseo University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Xylanase; Xylooligosaccharide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001213664     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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