Growth characteristics of fusants by protoplast fusion between the thermotolerant yeast, Kluyveromyces marxianus, and the starch-assimilating yeast, Schwanniomyces occidentalis

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-84

  Leelavatcharamas, Vichai ^a   Boonyakamola, Anantaphathra ^a   Kishida, Masao ^b   Kawasaki, Haruhiko ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amylase; Cell fusion; Kluyveromyces marxianus; Schwanniomyces occidentalis; Thermotolerant yeast

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLS; CHROMOSOMES; ENZYMES; FUSION REACTIONS; STARCH;

AMYLASE; CELL FUSION; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS; SCHWANNIOMYCES OCCIDENTALIS; THERMOTOLERANT YEAST;

YEAST;

AMYLASE; CARBON; STARCH;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HEAT TOLERANCE; KLUYVEROMYCES; NONHUMAN; PROTOPLAST CULTURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; YEAST;

DEBARYOMYCES OCCIDENTALIS; KLUYVEROMYCES MARXIANUS;

EID: 33745452594     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.11.81     Document Type: Article

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