Exopolysaccharide production and morphology of Aureobasidium pullulans grown in continuous cultivation with varying ammonium-glucose ratio in the growth medium

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-135

  Reeslev, M ^a   Jorgensen B B ^b   Jorgensen O B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

C N ratio; Glucose limitation; Nitrogen limitation; Yeast mycelial dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CELL CULTURE; FUNGI; GLUCOSE; GROWTH KINETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; POLYSACCHARIDES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; YEAST;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES (EPS); GLUCOSE LIMITATION; NITROGEN LIMITATION; YEAST MYCELIAL DIMORPHISM;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

AMMONIA; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PULLULAN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0030298118     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-1656(96)01590-8     Document Type: Article

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