The influence of impeller type in pilot scale Xanthan fermentations

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-108

  Amanullah, A ^a   Serrano Carreon, L ^b   Castro, B ^b   Galindo, E ^b   Nienow, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Impeller type; Mixing; Oxygen transfer; Power consumption; Product quality; Xanthan fermentation; Xanthan productivity

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; MASS TRANSFER; MIXING; RETROFITTING; RHEOLOGY;

IMPELLERS; XANTHAN FERMENTATIONS;

FERMENTERS;

XANTHAN;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; FLOW KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REDUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 0032484707     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980105)57:1<95::AID-BIT12>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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