Conversion of β-methylbutyric acid to β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyric acid by Galactomyces reessii

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4191-4195

  Lee, I N Young ^a   Nissen, Steven L ^b   Rosazza, John P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Metabolic Technologies Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL GROWTH; DEGRADATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; TRANSAMINATION;

EID: 0030721745     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4191-4195.1997     Document Type: Article

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