A method for direct harvest of bacterial cellulose filaments during continuous cultivation of Acetobacter xylinum

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 233-237

  Sakairi, Nobuo ^a   Asano, Hisashi ^a   Ogawa, Masato ^a   Nishi, Norio ^a   Tokura, Seiichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0032021048     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8617(97)00135-5     Document Type: Article

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