Characterisation of the substrate specificity of the nitrile hydrolyzing system of the acidotolerant black yeast Exophiala oligosperma R1

Studies in Mycology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2008, Pages 165-174

  Rustler, S ^a   Chmura, A ^b   Sheldon, R A ^b   Stolz, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidotolerance; Biotransformation; Black yeasts; Exophiala; Homogentisate pathway; Induction; Nitrilase

Indexed keywords

CHAETOTHYRIALES; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA OLIGOSPERMA;

EID: 59249109206     PISSN: 01660616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3114/sim.2008.61.17     Document Type: Article

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