Estimation of viscosity of highly viscous fermentation media containing one or more solutes

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-85

  Converti, Attilio ^a   Zilli, Mario ^a   Arni, Saleh ^a   Di Felice, Renzo ^a   Del Borghi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fermentation broth; Predictive model; Viscosity data

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; GLUCOSE; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032847949     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-703X(99)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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