The roles of oxygen and alginate-lyase in determining the molecular weight of alginate produced by Azotobacter vinelandii

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 742-747

  Trujillo Roldan M A ^a   Moreno, S ^a   Espin G ^a   Galindo, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE LYASE; ALGINIC ACID; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FUNGAL ENZYME; LYASE; OXYGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN TENSION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ALGINATES; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGEN; POLYSACCHARIDE-LYASES;

AZOTOBACTER; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1542329057     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1419-z     Document Type: Article

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