Production and structural characterization of the exopolysaccharide of the Antarctic fungus Phoma herbarum CCFEE 5080

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 585-592

  Selbmann, Laura ^a   Onofri, Silvano ^a   Fenice, Massimiliano ^a   Federici, Federico ^a   Petruccioli, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continental Antarctica; Exopolysaccharide ( glucan) production; Phoma herbarum; Resistance to freezing; Structural characterization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; GLUCOSE; NITROGEN; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARBON SOURCE; FREEZING; FUNGAL BIOMASS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEL FILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOMA HERBARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THAWING;

ACETYLATION; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FUNGI; HYDROLYSIS; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITRATES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYSACCHARIDES; SORBITOL;

FUNGI; PHOMA; PHOMA HERBARUM;

EID: 0036839908     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(02)01372-4     Document Type: Article

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