Exopolysaccharide production by the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. ATCC 33047 in batch and continuous culture

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-182

  Moreno, José ^a   Vargas, M Angeles ^a   Olivares, Héctor ^a   Rivas, Joaquín ^a   Guerrero, Miguel G ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anabaena sp.; Batch and continuous culture; Blue green alga; Cyanobacterium; Exopolysaccharide production; Nutritional and environmental conditions

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURE; NITROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CARBON; NITROGEN; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIRFLOW; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANABAENA;

EID: 0345294416     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(98)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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