Control of unsaturated fatty acid substituants in emulsans

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-84

  Gorkovenko, A ^a,c   Zhang, J ^a,d   Gross, R A ^a   Kaplan, D L ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c Sion Power Corporation   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Emulsan; Fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPOSITION; FATTY ACIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SUBSTRATES; SURFACES; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

AEROBIC DESATURATION; CARBON SOURCE; DESATURATION; EMULSANS; SELECTIVE FEEDING METHOD; SURFACE ACTIVITIES;

MICROORGANISMS;

EID: 0032630440     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8617(98)00156-8     Document Type: Article

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