Screening and mutational improvement of a D-ribose secreting Candida pelliculosa strain

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  De Wulf, Peter ^a   Soetaert, Wim ^a,b   Schwengers, Dieter ^b   Vandamme, Erick Jerome ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Pfeifer and Langen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candida pelliculosa; D arabitol; D ribose; mutation; screening; transketolase

Indexed keywords

RIBOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANDIDA; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CANDIDA; PICHIA ANOMALA;

EID: 0029816863     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(96)89446-3     Document Type: Article

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