Pullulan production from coconut by-products by Aureobasidium pullulans

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 254-258

  Thirumavalavan, K ^a   Manikkadan, T R ^a   Dhanasekar, R ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium pullulans; Characterization; Coconut milk; Coconut water; FT IR; Pullulan

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PULLULAN;

ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COCONUT; COCONUT MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS;

EID: 59649084695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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