Characterization of thermotolerant, fermentative yeasts from hot spring drainage

Fisheries Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 138-145

  Ueno, Ryohei ^a   Urano, Naoto ^a   Kimura, Shigeru ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquatic yeast; Ethanol; Fermentation; Hot spring; Thermotolerant

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; DRAINAGE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENETIC STRAIN; HEAT TOLERANCE; JAPAN; LIQUID CULTURE; TEMPERATURE; YEAST;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; DEKKERA; TORULASPORA DELBRUECKII;

EID: 0035006477     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2001.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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