Effect of starvation on the flocculation of ale and lager brewing yeasts

Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-56

  Rhymes, Maureen R ^a   Smart, Katherine A ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Flocculation; Hydrophobicity; Starvation; Surface charge; Yeast

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030025320     PISSN: 03610470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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