Determination of yeast killer activity in fermenting sugarcane juice using selected ethanol-making strains

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-23

  Ceccato Antonini, Sandra Regina ^a   Tosta, Christiann Davis ^a   Da Silva, Ana Cláudia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcoholic fermentation; Ethanol; Killer toxin; Killer yeasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944388942     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-89132004000100003     Document Type: Article

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