Use of a fluidized bed reactor operated in semi-continuous mode for xylose-to-xylitol conversion by Candida guilliermondii immobilized on porous glass

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 903-907

  Silva, S S ^a   Santos, J C ^a   Carvalho, W ^a   Aracava, K K ^a   Vitolo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Candida guilliermondii; Fluidized bed reactor; Immobilized cell; Porous glass; Xylitol; Xylose

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; PICHIA GUILLIERMONDII;

EID: 0037474380     PISSN: 00329592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(02)00177-2     Document Type: Article

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