Elevated curdlan production by a mutant of Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 589-592

  West, Thomas P ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Carbon source; Curdlan; Mutant; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BETA GLUCAN; CARBON; CURDLAN; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RHIZOBIUM;

BETA-GLUCANS; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHIZOBIUM;

AGROBACTERIUM SP. ATCC 31749; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70749105310     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200900137     Document Type: Article

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