Polysaccharide production in batch process of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C comparing Frantz, modified Frantz and Catlin 6 cultivation media

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-32

  Da Paz, Marcelo Fossa ^a   Baruque Ramos, Júlia ^a   Hiss, Haroldo ^a   Vicentin, Márcio Alberto ^a   Leal, Maria Betania Batista ^a   Raw, Isaías ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Batch cultivation; Culture medium; Neisseria meningitidis; Polysaccharide; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS SEROGROUP C;

EID: 19944416619     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822003000100007     Document Type: Article

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