Laccase production by the white-rot fungus Termitomyces clypeatus

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-131

  Bose, Shilpi ^a   Mazumder, Sharmishtha ^a   Mukherjee, Mina ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Growth; Intracellular; Laccase; Termitomyces clypeatus

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; TERMITOMYCES; TERMITOMYCES ALBUMINOSUS; TERMITOMYCES CLYPEATUS;

CELLULOSE; GLUCOSE; LACCASE;

AGARICALES; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

AGARICALES; CELLULOSE; CULTURE MEDIA; GLUCOSE; LACCASE;

EID: 34250211800     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200610206     Document Type: Article

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