Extracellular cellulase production by tropical isolates of Aureobasidium pullulans

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 773-776

  Kudanga, T ^a   Mwenje, E ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium pullulans; Cellulases; Endoglucanase; Exoglucanase; Plant cell wall

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; CELLS; CELLULOSE; FORESTRY;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLALANS; CELLULASE PRODUCTION; EXOGLUCANASE; PLANT CELL WALL;

ENZYMES;

CARBON; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CASEIN; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; EXOGLUCANASE; FUNGAL ENZYME; GELATIN; GLUCAN GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENZYME; FUNGUS;

ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BIODEGRADATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPICS;

ASCOMYCOTA; CARBON; CELL WALL; CELLULASE; CITRUS; CULTURE MEDIA; FRUIT; NITROGEN; PINUS; PLANT LEAVES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON; CELLS; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; ENDO ENZYMES; GLUCANASE; TREES;

AUREOBASIDIUM; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BRACHYSTEGIA; FUNGI;

EID: 30344480803     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W05-053     Document Type: Article

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