Effects of melanin on the accumulation of exopolysaccharides by Aureobasidium pullulans grown on nitrate

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 7480-7486

  Zheng, Weifa ^a   Campbell, Bradley S ^b   McDougall, Barbara M ^b   Seviour, Robert J ^b  

^a JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium pullulans; EPS production; Melanin; Pullulan; Sodium nitrate

Indexed keywords

EARNINGS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MICROFLUIDICS; NITRATES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES (EPS); MELANIN SYNTHESIS; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; NITRATE LEVELS; PULLULAN;

MIXTURES;

BETA GLUCAN HYDROLASE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MELANIN; SODIUM NITRATE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; MELANIN; NITRATE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

ASCOMYCOTA; BIOREACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; GLUCANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MELANINS; NITRATES; POLYSACCHARIDES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 45449098243     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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