Practical significance of relative assimilable nitrogen requirements of yeast: A preliminary study of fermentation performance and liberation of H2S

Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-179

  Gardner, Jennifer M ^a   Poole, Kate ^a,b   Jiranek, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium utilisation; Biomass yield; Fermentation performance; Hydrogen sulfide; Nitrogen requirement; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036435988     PISSN: 13227130     EISSN: 17550238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0238.2002.tb00253.x     Document Type: Article

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