Optimization of L-(+)-lactic acid production by ring and disc plastic composite supports through repeated-batch biofilm fermentation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2533-2542

  Ho, Kai Lai ^a   Pometto III, Anthony L ^a   Hinz, Paul N ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; FERMENTATION; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NONHUMAN;

LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030814440     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2533-2542.1997     Document Type: Article

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