Production of pectolytic enzymes by Curvularia senegalensis, a phytopathogenic fungus

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 327-332

  Ortega, Jacobo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; LACTOSE; MALTOSE; MICROBE METABOLISM; PECTINESTERASE; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYPECTIC ACID; PROTEINASE;

CURVULARIA SENEGALENSIS;

EID: 0031703597     PISSN: 00404403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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