Application of xylanases from amazon forest fungal species in bleaching of eucalyptus kraft pulps

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-238

  Medeiros, Roseli Garcia ^a   Da Silva Jr , Francides Gomes ^b   Báo, Sônia Nair ^a   Hanada, Rogério ^c   Ferreira Filho, Edivaldo Ximenes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Kraft pulp; Pulp bleaching; Xylan; Xylanase

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; EUCALYPTUS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM CORYLOPHILUM; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA LONGIBRACHIATUM;

EID: 34249292680     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132007000200008     Document Type: Article

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