Flocculation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A review

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Soares, E V ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Alcoholic beverages; Bio ethanol; Brewing yeast; Cell separation; FLO genes; Flocculation

Indexed keywords

BEER; BIOETHANOL; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; FLOCCULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAVY METALS; WINE; YEAST;

BIO-ETHANOLS; BIVALENT IONS; BREWING YEAST; CELL SEPARATION; CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; ETHANOL CONCENTRATIONS; FERMENTATION CONDITIONS; FLO GENE; TEMPERATURE CONCENTRATION; YEAST FLOCCULATIONS;

FERMENTATION;

ALCOHOL; FUNGAL PROTEIN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN FLO1; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOREMEDIATION; BREWING INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; FERMENTATION; FLOCCULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LITERATURE REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; YEAST;

BIOREMEDIATION; BREWING; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DENSITY; FERMENTATION; FLOCCULATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PH; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; WINE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 78650160055     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04897.x     Document Type: Review

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