Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) production with high productivity and high polymer content by a fed-batch culture of Alcaligenes latus under nitrogen limitation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3703-3706

  Wang, Fulai ^a   Lee, Sang Yup ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; NITROGEN;

ALCALIGENES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN;

ALCALIGENES LATUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0343051880     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3703-3706.1997     Document Type: Article

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