Production of chitosan by submerged fermentation from Aspergillus niger

Scientia Iranica

Volumn 16, Issue 2 C, 2009, Pages 145-148

  Maghsoodi, V ^a   Razavi, J ^a   Yaghmaei, S ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Chitosan; Glucose; Sabouro dextrose broth media; Submerged fermentation

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CHITOSAN; DEXTROSE; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE;

ACID TREATMENTS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BROTH MEDIA; FERMENTATION MEDIUM; GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION; RESEARCH CENTRES; SUBMERGED FERMENTATION; TEHRAN , IRAN;

ASPERGILLUS;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERMENTATION; FUNGUS; RESEARCH WORK; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 75749118509     PISSN: 10263098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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