Measurement of brewing yeast flocculation

Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 123-128

  D'Hautcourt, Olivier ^a   Smart, Katherine A ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASSAY; BUFFER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EDETIC ACID; FLOCCULATION; FUNGAL GROWTH; LECTIN; MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; YEAST;

FUNGI;

EID: 0032726091     PISSN: 03610470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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