Simultaneous and selective production of levan and poly(γ-glutamic acid) by Bacillus subtilis

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 103-106

  Shih, Ing Lung ^a,b   Yu, Yun Ti ^a  

^a DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Levan; Poly( glutamic acid)

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FERMENTATION; GROWTH KINETICS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BASAL MEDIUM; L-GLUTAMIC ACIDS; SELECTIVE PRODUCTION;

BACTERIA;

FRUCTAN; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEVAN; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CULTURE MEDIA; FRUCTANS; GLUTAMIC ACID; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; SUCROSE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; GLYCINE MAX; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 14644393683     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-004-6936-z     Document Type: Article

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