Characterization of a new xylitol-producer Candida tropicalis strain

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 281-286

  López, Fabián ^a   Delgado, Osvaldo D ^a   Martínez, M Alejandra ^a   Spencer, John F T ^a   Figueroa, Lucía I C ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Candida tropicalis; Phylogeny; rDNA sequencing; Xylitol production

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA; XYLITOL; XYLOSE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; DNA SEQUENCE; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SILAGE;

BIOREACTORS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FERMENTATION; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XYLITOL; ZEA MAYS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 11144356187     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000020368.37876.1c     Document Type: Article

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