Fructooligosaccharide and levan producing activity of Zymomonas mobilis extracellular levansucrase

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 701-706

  Bekers, M ^a   Laukevics, J ^a   Upite, D ^a   Kaminska, E ^a   Vigants, A ^a   Viesturs, U ^a   Pankova, L ^a   Danilevics, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Fructan syrup; Fructooligosaccharides; Levan; Levansucrase; Zymomonas mobilis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS;

EID: 0037207033     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(02)00189-9     Document Type: Article

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