Morphological changes in submerged cultivation of Aspergillus awamori for glucoamylase production

Indian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 357-362

  Daniel, David K ^a   Biswas, Nabanita ^b   Das, Debabrata ^c  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Agitation; Aspergillus awamori; Fragmentation; Fungal morphology; Glucoamylase; Pellets

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350401993     PISSN: 09725849     EISSN: 09750967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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