Concentration regimes of solutions of levan polysaccharide from Bacillus sp.

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-149

  Arvidson, Sara A ^a   Rinehart, B Todd ^a   Gadala Maria, Francis ^a  

^a University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus sp.; Coil overlap parameter; Concentrated regime; Concentration regimes; Critical concentration; Dilute regime; Intrinsic viscosity; Levan; Polysaccharide; Semi dilute regime; Space occupancy; Specific viscosity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

BACILLUS SP.; COIL OVERLAP PARAMETER; CONCENTRATED REGIME; CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; DILUTE REGIME; INTRINSIC VISCOSITY; LEVAN; SEMI-DILUTE REGIME; SPACE OCCUPANCY; SPECIFIC VISCOSITY;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

BACILLUS SP.;

EID: 33746313679     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2005.12.039     Document Type: Article

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