Influence of different nitrogen sources on amount of chitosan production by Aspergillus niger in solid state fermentation

Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-52

  Maghsoodi, Vida ^a   Yaghmaei, Soheila ^a   Beigi, Sayed Mohammad ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Canola residue; Chitosan; Corn seed residue; Fungus; Solid state fermentation (SSF); Soybean residue

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749139328     PISSN: 10219986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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