Production of alginate by Azotobacter vinelandii in a stirred fermentor simulating the evolution of power input observed in shake flasks

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 775-778

  Pena C ^a   Millan M ^a   Galindo, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alginate; Molecular mass; Power input; Scaling up

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; MOLECULAR MASS; OXYGEN;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN TRANSFER RATE; POWER INPUT;

ALGINATE;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 44249094842     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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