Trends in inulinase production a-review

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-77

  Vijayaraghavan, Krishnan ^a   Yamini, D ^a   Ambika, V ^a   Sravya Sowdamini, N ^a  

^a PRATHYUSHA ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fructose; Fungi; Inulin; Inulinases; Yeast

Indexed keywords

D-FRUCTOSE; FOOD INDUSTRIES; INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION; INULIN; INULINASE; INULINASES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; PLANT ORIGIN;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOPOLYMERS; ETHANOL; FERMENTATION; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; POLYSACCHARIDES; YEAST;

SUBSTRATES;

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; BUTANOL; CARBON; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; INORGANIC SALT; INULIN; INULINASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FERMENTATION MONITORING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN IMMOBILIZATION; REVIEW; THERMOSTABILITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

FUNGI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYME STABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; INULIN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 70349239188     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388550802685389     Document Type: Review

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