Aureobasidium pullulans, an economically important polymorphic yeast with special reference to pullulan

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 47, 2010, Pages 7989-7997

  Gaur, Rajeeva ^a   Singh, Ranjan ^a   Gupta, Monika ^b   Gaur, Manogya Kumar ^c  

^a DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA AVADH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^c AGM Environment (ETP and Biocompost)   (India)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium pullulans; Pullulan; Single cell protein; Xenobiotic compounds

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMYLASE; CELL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MALTOTRIOSE; PLASTIC; POLYGALACTURONASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PULLULAN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; HABITAT; LAND BIOME; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PLANT DISEASE; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; REVIEW; SAPROTROPH; SOIL POLLUTANT; TROPICS; WATER POLLUTANT; YEAST; YEAST CELL;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; CHAETOTHYRIALES; FUNGI;

EID: 78649658691     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.948     Document Type: Review

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