Effect of urea on fungal chitosan production in solid substrate fermentation

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1639-1642

  Nwe, Nitar ^a   Stevens, Willem F ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Fungal mycelia; Solid substrate fermentation; Sweet potato; Urea

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH EFFECTS; SUBSTRATES; UREA;

CHITOSAN; SWEET POTATO;

FUNGI;

FUNGI; GONGRONELLA BUTLERI; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 3042850753     PISSN: 00329592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-9592(03)00301-7     Document Type: Article

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