Use of adsorption in immobilizing fungal cells for pullulan production

Microbios

Volumn 85, Issue 343, 1996, Pages 117-125

  West, Thomas P ^a   Strohfus, Beth R H ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium; Diatomaceous earth; Immobilization; Ion exchange resin; Pullulan

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030557417     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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