Agricultural waste from the tequila industry as substrate for the production of commercially important enzymes

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-41

  Huitron, C ^a   Perez, R ^a   Sanchez, A E ^a   Lappe, P ^b   Rocha Zavaleta, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agave tequilana; Agave waste; Aspergillus niger; Microbial enzymes

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; INULINASE; POLYGALACTURONASE; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CARBOHYDRATE; ENZYME; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

AGAVE; AGAVE TEQUILANA; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN;

AGAVE; AGAVE TEQUILANA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CITRUS LIMON;

EID: 38849112523     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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