Factors Influencing the Denitrification Rate of Red Beet Juice by the Bacteria Paracoccus denitrificans

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1963-1966

  Grajek, Wlodzimierz H ^a   Walkowiak Tomczak, Dorota ^a  

^a POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Betanine; Denitrification; Paracoccus denitrificans; Pigment; Red beet juice; Vulgaxanthine

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS;

EID: 0041594291     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960657x     Document Type: Article

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