Biosynthesis and ultrasonic degradation of bacterial poly(γ-glutamic acid)

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 110-115

  Pérez Camero, Graciela ^a   Congregado, Francisco ^b   Bou, Jordi J ^a   Muñoz Guerra, Sebastián ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacillus licheniformis; Poly( glutamic acid) (PGGA); Ultrasonic degradation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOTOLYSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

POLYDISPERSITY; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; ULTRASONIC DEGRADATION;

POLYAMIDES;

GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE; POLY(GAMMA GLUTAMIC ACID); POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; DEGRADATION; ENANTIOMER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASOUND;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0039136067     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990405)63:1<110::AID-BIT11>3.3.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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