Strain improvement of Candida tropicalis for the production of xylitol: Biochemical and physiological characterization of wild-type and mutant strain CT-OMV5

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-120

  Rao, Ravella Sreenivas ^a,c   Jyothi, Cherukuri Pavana ^a   Prakasham, Reddy Shetty ^b   Rao, Chaganti Subba ^b   Sarma, Ponnupalli Nageshwara ^b   Rao, Linga Venkateswar ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biochemical and physiological characterization; Candida tropicalis; MNNG; Mutagenesis; Mutant; Strain improvement; UV; Wild; Xylitol; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; XYLITOL; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; EVALUATION; FERMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; XYLITOL; XYLOSE;

EID: 33646823827     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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