Pullulan production by Aureobasidium pullulans grown on ethanol stillage as a nitrogen source

Microbios

Volumn 88, Issue 354, 1996, Pages 7-18

  West, Thomas P ^a   Strohfus, Beth ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium; Ethanol stillage; Nitrogen source; Pullulan; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMMONIUM SULFATE; GLUCAN; NITROGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PULLULAN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEUTEROMYCETES; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CULTURE MEDIA; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; GLUCANS; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; NITROGEN; POLYSACCHARIDES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030334384     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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