Cellulolytic activity of fungal cultures isolated from soil contaminated with effluents of cotton ginning industry

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-239

  Narasimha, G ^a   Babu, G V A K ^a   Reddy, B Rajasekhar ^a  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cellulase activity; Effluents; Fungal cultures

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CONTAMINATED LAND; EFFLUENT; FUNGUS;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; COTTON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; MYROTHECIUM RORIDUM; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; MYROTHECIUM RORIDUM; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0032824754     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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