Pectinolytic and cellulolytic activities of heat resistant fungi and their macerating effects on mango and African mango

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1054-1059

  Ugwuanyi, Jeremiah Obeta ^a,b   Obeta, Jason A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African mango; Byssochlamys nivea; Cellulase; Heat resistant fungi; Macerating activity; Mango; Neosartorya spp; Paecilomyces varioti; Pectinases

Indexed keywords

BYSSOCHLAMYS NIVEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS METABOLISM; HEAT RESISTANCE; HYDROLASE; HYDROLYSIS; LYASE; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI; NEOSARTORYA QUADRICINCTA; PAECILOMYCES VARIOTI; PECTINESTERASE;

BYSSOCHLAMYS NIVEA; FUNGI; MANGIFERA INDICA; NEOSARTORYA; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI; NEOSARTORYA QUADRICINCTA; PAECILOMYCES;

EID: 0032917148     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(19990515)79:7<1054::AID-JSFA328>3.3.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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