Amylolytic potentiality of fungi isolated from some Nigerian agricultural wastes

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 667-672

  Adeniran, A H ^a   Abiose, S H ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

amylase; Agricultural wastes; Fungal isolates; Solid state cultivation; Submerged cultivation

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; STARCH;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BANANA; CASSAVA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HELMINTHOSPORIUM OXYSPORIUM; HYDROLYSIS; HYPHOMYCETES; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MYCOLOGY; NIGERIA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM FREQUESTANS; SOLID STATE FERMENTATION; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SUBMERGED FERMENTATION; YAM;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; DIOSCOREA ALATA; FUNGI; HELMINTHOSPORIUM; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 62549166707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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