Efficient degradation of tannic acid by black Aspergillus species

Mycological Research

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 919-925

  Van Diepeningen, Anne D ^a   Debets, Alfons J M ^a   Varga, Janos ^b   Van Der Gaag, Marijn ^a   Swart, Klaas ^a   Hoekstra, Rolf F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; FUNGUS; ORGANIC ACID;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS ACULEATUS; ASPERGILLUS BRASILIENSIS; ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; ASPERGILLUS FOETIDUS; ASPERGILLUS HETEROMORPHUS; ASPERGILLUS JAPONICUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS ORYZAE; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 4544296437     PISSN: 09537562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0953756204000747     Document Type: Article

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