Extracellular polysaccharide production by thraustochytrid protists

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 184-192

  Jain, Ruchi ^a   Raghukumar, Seshagiri ^a   Tharanathan, R ^b   Bhosle, N B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Exopolysaccharides; Marine; Protist; Thraustochytrids

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLS; LIPIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUGARS;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MARINE; PROTIST; THRAUSTOCHYTRIDS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CARBON; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCLEROPROTEIN;

POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTOZOON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTOZOA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PROTISTA; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

EID: 23944432615     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-004-4025-x     Document Type: Article

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