A new variety of Aureobasidium pullulans characterized by exopolysaccharide structure, nutritional physiology and molecular features

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-147

  Yurlova, N A ^a   De Hoog, G S ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE CHEMICAL PHARMACEUTICAL ACADEMY   (Russian Federation)

^b CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium pullulans; Black yeasts; Exopolysaccharides; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYLGLUCOSIDE; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; GLUCAN; LACTOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PULLULAN; SODIUM NITRATE;

ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIA; GLUCANS; LACTOSE; METHYLGLUCOSIDES; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; NITRATES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

AUREOBASIDIUM; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS VAR. PULLULANS; CHAETOTHYRIALES; FUNGI;

EID: 0030764793     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000212003810     Document Type: Article

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