Alternation in cell wall chitin of Zygosaccharomyces rouxii

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-173

  Tomita, Minoru ^a   Iwata, Shinya ^a   Yamamoto, Sumito ^a  

^a Tokushima Prefectural Industrial Technology Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

chitin; halo tolerance; Zygosaccharomyces rouxii

Indexed keywords

CHITIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES;

ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES; ZYGOSACCHAROMYCES ROUXII;

EID: 0029932069     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(96)87598-2     Document Type: Article

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