Unusual properties of the halotolerant yeast Candida nodaensis Killer toxin, CnKT

Microbiological Research

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-251

  da Silva, Sónia ^a   Calado, Sílvia ^a   Lucas, Cândida ^a   Aguiar, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

CnKT; Halotolerant yeast; Phenotypic properties

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; IONIC STRENGTH;

HALOTOLERANT YEASTS; PHENOTYPIC PROPERTIES;

YEAST;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREEZE TOLERANCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; TOXIN; YEAST;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA NODAENSIS;

EID: 39449091352     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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