Characterization of the exopolysaccharide produced by a whey utilizing strain of Klebsiella oxytoca

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 2603-2611

  Dlamini, Abednego M ^a   Peiris, Paul S ^b   Bavor, John H ^b   Kasipathy, Kailasapathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apparent viscosity; Exopolysaccharide; Klebsiella oxytoca; Pseudoplastic; Rhamnose; Rheology; Whey

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CELLOBIOSE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GELLAN; GLUCOSE; RHAMNOSE; XANTHAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NONHUMAN; THIXOTROPY; VISCOSITY; WHEY;

KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA;

EID: 36448944321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB2007.000-2416     Document Type: Article

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