Isolation, characterization and long term preservation of mutant strains of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-141

  Baeza, Marcelo ^a   Retamales, Patricio ^a   Sepúlveda, Dionisia ^a   Lodato, Patricia ^a   Jiménez, Antonio ^b   Cifuentes, Víctor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Long term storage; X. dendrorhous; Yeast preservation

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PRESERVATION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CAROTENOIDS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; GENES, FUNGAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL;

XANTHOPHYLLOMYCES DENDRORHOUS;

EID: 65349087240     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200800096     Document Type: Article

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