Sulfated extracellular polysaccharide production by the halophilic cyanobacterium Aphanocapsa halophytia immobilized on light-diffusing optical fibers

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 24-27

  Matsunaga, T ^a   Sudo, H ^b   Takemasa, H ^a   Wachi, Y ^a   Nakamura, N ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FIBEROSCOPE; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 0029994561     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530050643     Document Type: Article

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