Isolation and Characterization of Phaffia rhodozyma Mutants

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 626-630

  Rubinstein, L ^a   Altamirano, A ^a   Santopietro, L Ducrey ^a   Baigori M ^a   De Figueroa, L I C ^a  

^a PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA;

EID: 0346399934     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02816380     Document Type: Article

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