Applications of Yeast Flocculation in Biotechnological Processes

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 288-305

  Domingues, Lucília ^a   Vicente, António A ^a   Lima, Nelson ^a   Teixeira, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactor; Fermentation; Flocculation; Heterologous protein production; Recombinant yeast

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008850335     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02942185     Document Type: Review

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