Pectolytic enzymes of the industrial fungus Aspergillus kawachii

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1365-1370

  Vita, Carolina Elena ^a   Esquivel, Juan Carlos Contreras ^b   Voget, Claudio Enrique ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COAHUILA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aspergillus kawachii; Carbon source; Pectolytic enzymes

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS SP; CARBON SOURCE; CITRUS PECTIN; CULTURE CONDITIONS; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; EXTRACELLULAR; LIQUID CULTURE; PECTIN METHYLESTERASE; PECTIN-LYASE; PECTINASES; PECTOLYTIC ENZYMES; POLYGALACTURONASE; RHAMNOGALACTURONAN; RHAMNOSIDASE;

CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; FRUITS;

ASPERGILLUS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS KAWACHII; ASPERGILLUS SP.; CITRUS; CITRUS LIMON; FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 77955097155     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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