Morphological patterns of Aspergillus niger biofilms and pellets related to lignocellulolytic enzyme productivities

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-237

  Villena, G K ^a   Gutierrez Correa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AGRARIA LA MOLINA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Cell adhesion; Cellulase; Cryo scanning electron microscope; Fungal biofilm

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BIOFILMS; ENZYMES; MYCELIUM; PELLETIZING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CELLS ADHESION; CELLULASE; CRYO-SCANNING; CRYO-SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ENZYME PRODUCTIVITY; FUNGAL BIOFILM; LIGNOCELLULOLYTIC ENZYMES; MORPHOLOGICAL PATTERNS; SCANNING ELECTRONS;

CELL ADHESION;

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; CELLULASE; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; POLYESTER; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

ADHESIVES; BIOFILMS; CELL ADHESION; ENZYMES; MORPHOLOGY; POLYESTERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ADHESION; BIOFILM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPORE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERMENTATION; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MORPHOLOGY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PROCESS CONTROL; SCALE UP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID STATE; VOLUMETRY;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 34548058605     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02183.x     Document Type: Article

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