Isolation and characterization of amylase from fermented cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) wastewater

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1117-1123

  Oboh, Ganiyu ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

^b Centro de Ciencas Naturais e Exatas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amylase; Cassava; Fermentation; Industry; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AMYLASE; COPPER DERIVATIVE; FERRIC CHLORIDE; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM DERIVATIVE;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CASSAVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STABILITY; FERMENTATION; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; GEL FILTRATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CORYNEFORMIS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; MANIHOT ESCULENTA CRANTZ; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER;

GARI; LACTOBACILLUS CORYNEFORMIS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUCKII; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SACCHAROMYCES;

EID: 27144440164     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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