Morphometric evaluation of the specific growth rate of Aspergillus niger grown in agar plates at high glucose levels

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-294

  Larralde Corona, C Patricia ^a   López Isunza, Felipe ^a   Viniegra González, Gustavo ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Glucose effect; Hyphal morphometry; Specific growth rate; Surface growth kinetics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; FUNGI; GLUCOSE; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; HYPHAL MORPHOMETRY; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; SURFACE GROWTH KINETICS;

CELL CULTURE;

AGAR; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0343924240     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19971105)56:3<287::AID-BIT6>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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