Purification and characterization of a novel thermostable α-L- arabinofuranosidase from a color-variant strain of Aureobasidium pullulans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 216-220

  Saha, Badal C ^a,b   Bothast, Rodney J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ARABINOFURANOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; FERMENTATION; NONHUMAN; THERMOSTABILITY;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM SUBSP. SPELTA;

EID: 0031975343     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.1.216-220.1998     Document Type: Article

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