Effect of nitrogen source on mycelial morphology and arachidonic acid production in cultures of Mortierella alpina

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-67

  Park, Enoch Y ^a   Koike, Yasuhisa ^a   Higashiyama, Kenichi ^b   Fujikawa, Shigeaki ^b   Okabe, Mitsuyasu ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Feather like morphology; Image analysis; Mortierella alpina; Mycelial morphology

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTEN; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FISH; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIQUID; MORPHOLOGY; MYCELIUM; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SOYBEAN; TIME; YEAST;

FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; MORTIERELLA ALPINA; PHARMAMEDIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032817515     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1723(99)80177-7     Document Type: Article

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