Exopolysaccharide and extracellular metabolite production by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, grown on lactose in continuous culture

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 1515-1520

  Welman, Alan ^a,b   Maddox, Ian ^a   Archer, Richard ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b FONTERRA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Continuous culture; Exopolysaccharide; Growth rate; Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. Bulgaricus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE, BACILLUS; GALACTOSE; LACTIC ACID; LACTOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GALACTOSE; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOSE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS;

EID: 0141565127     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025432003915     Document Type: Article

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