Aerobic digestion of Ca-alginate gels studied as a model system of seaweed tissue degradation

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-267

  Moen, Einar ^a   Østgaard, Kjetill ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerobic; Alginate; Brown algae; Digestion; Gel; Lyase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030665313     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007953725317     Document Type: Article

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