Immobilization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in novel hydrogels based on hybrid networks of poly(ethylene oxide), alginate and chitosan for ethanol production

Macedonian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-179

  Jovanović Malinovska, Ružica ^a   Cvetkovska, Maja ^a   Kuzmanova, Slobodanka ^a   Tsvetanov, Christo ^b   Winkelhausen, Eleonora ^a  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Alginate; Cell immobilization; Chitosan; Ethanol production; Hybrid networks; Poly (ethylene oxide)

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650010636     PISSN: 18575552     EISSN: 18575625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20450/mjcce.2010.164     Document Type: Article

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