Isolation and characterization of xylitol-producing yeasts from the gut of colleopteran insects

Current Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 441-446

  Rao, R Sreenivas ^a   Bhadra, B ^a   Shivaji, S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE; RIBOSOME RNA; XYLITOL; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; ASCOSPORE; CANDIDA; CARBON SOURCE; COLEOPTERA; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGARCANE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CANDIDA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PICHIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SACCHARUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; XYLITOL; YEASTS;

CANDIDA; CLAVISPORA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; ISSATCHENKIA; PICHIA; PICHIA CARIBBICA;

EID: 35148812310     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-007-9005-8     Document Type: Article

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