Physiological properties and fatty acid composition in Mucor circinelloides f. circinelloides

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-206

  Botha, A ^a   Kock, J L F ^a   Coetzee, D J ^a   Botes, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carbon source; Lipids; Mucor cirinelloides; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DISACCHARIDE; FATTY ACID; GELATIN; GLUCOSE DERIVATIVE; INULIN; MANNITOL; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; STARCH; TREHALOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRISACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; LIPID COMPOSITION; MUCOR; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDS; ALCOHOLS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DISACCHARIDES; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; GELATIN; LIPASE; MUCOR; PHENOLS; POLYSACCHARIDES; STARCH; TRISACCHARIDES; UREASE; VITAMINS;

FUNGI; MUCOR; MUCOR CIRCINELLOIDES F. CIRCINELLOIDES;

EID: 0030907249     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000148825019     Document Type: Article

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