Thermostable xylanases produced at 37°C and 45°C by a thermotolerant Aspergillus strain

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-102

  Mendicuti Castro, Laura P ^a   Trejo Aguilar, Blanca A ^a   Osorio, Guillermo Aguilar ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Quimica   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aspergillus FP 470; temperature stress; xylanolytic system

Indexed keywords

XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

ASPERGILLUS; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; TEMPERATURE; XYLAN ENDO-1,3-BETA-XYLOSIDASE; XYLOSIDASES;

EID: 0031034210     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00460-0     Document Type: Article

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