Cellulolytic Fungi and the Bioconversion of Fiber from Agave sisalana

ScienceAsia

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 133-136

  Punnapayak, Hunsa ^a   Kuhirun, Mukda ^a   Thanonkeo, Pornthep ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acrophialophora sp; Agave sisalana; bioconversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957992866     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.1999.25.133     Document Type: Article

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