Manipulating the molecular weight of alginate produced by Azotobacter vinelandii in continuous cultures

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 9405-9408

  Díaz Barrera, Alvaro ^a   Silva, Paulina ^a   Berrios, Julio ^a   Acevedo, Fernando ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alginate; Chemostat; Dilution rate; Molecular weight; Sucrose uptake rate

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTAT CULTURE; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; DILUTION RATE; SUCROSE CONCENTRATION; UPTAKE RATE;

ALGINATE; CHEMOSTATS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; WEIGHING;

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

ALGINIC ACID; SUCROSE;

ALGINATE; BACTERIUM; CHEMOSTAT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMOSTAT; DILUTION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAVIMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGINATES; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BIOMASS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SUCROSE;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 77955660300     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.07.038     Document Type: Article

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