Production of a high viscosity polysaccharide, methylan, in a novel bioreactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-121

  Oh, Deok Kun ^a   Kim, Jung Hoe ^b   Yoshida, Toshiomi ^c  

^a Woosuk University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bioreactor; high viscosity polysaccharide; methylan; Methylobacterium organophilum; multidisk mixer

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BATCH CELL CULTURE; FERMENTATION; FERMENTERS; MASS TRANSFER; METHANOGENS; MIXING; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

METHYLAN; METHYLOBACTERIUM ORGANOPHILUM; MULTIDISK MIXERS;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

POLYSACCHARIDE; STANOZOLOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOREACTOR; FERMENTATION; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 1842338664     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970420)54:2<115::AID-BIT3>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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