Microbial degradation of tannins - A current perspective

Biodegradation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 343-357

  Bhat, Tej K ^a   Singh, Bhupinder ^a   Sharma, Om P ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Condensed tannins; Gallic acid; Hydrolysable tannins; Quercetin; Rumen; Tannase; Tannins

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; PHENOLIC RESINS; TOXICITY;

GALLIC ACID; TANNASE; TANNINS;

BIODEGRADATION;

CARBOXYLESTERASE; HYDROLASE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; TANNASE; TANNIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMISTRY; FUNGUS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; FUNGI; HYDROLYSIS; RUMEN; TANNINS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0032467002     PISSN: 09239820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008397506963     Document Type: Article

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