A comparison of raw starch-digesting glucoamylase production in liquid and solid cultures of Rhizopus strains

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-216

  Morita, Hiroshi ^a   Matsunaga, Mayumi ^a   Mizuno, Kouhei ^a   Fujio, Yusaku ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucoamylase production in a liquid culture; Metal ion regulated liquid culture; Raw starch digesting glucoamylase; Rhizopus sp. A 11

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; STARCH; ZINC ION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; RHIZOPUS; TIME;

EID: 0031766264     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.44.211     Document Type: Article

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