Biodegradability of food-associated extracellular polysaccharides

Current Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 194-199

  Ruijssenaars, Harald J ^a   Stingele, Francesca ^b   Hartmans, Sybe ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; FECES; FERMENTATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FECES; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS HELVETICUS; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0033967920     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849910039     Document Type: Article

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