Isolation of a tannin-protein complex-degrading fungus from faeces of hill cattle

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 257-258

  Bhat, T K ^a   Makkar, H P S ^a   Singh, B ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; BIODEGRADATION; FLAVONOIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS;

AGAR MEDIA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BRAIN HEART INFUSIONS; CATTLE FEED; CULTURE CONDITIONS; DEGRADING ACTIVITIES; ENTEROBACTERIA; FAECAL SAMPLES; MICRO-ORGANISMS; PROTEIN COMPLEXES;

TANNINS;

TANNIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIODEGRADATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; SPOROGENESIS;

EID: 0029914664     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.1996.tb01155.x     Document Type: Article

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