Effect of aeration and agitation on synthesis of poly(γ-glutamic acid) in batch cultures of Bacillus licheniformis NCIM 2324

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 635-640

  Bajaj, Ishwar B ^a   Singhal, Rekha S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

Aeration; Agitation; Biopolymer; Molecular weight; Poly( glutamic acid); Rheology

Indexed keywords

AERATION; AERATION RATE; AGITATION; AGITATION SPEED; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BATCH CULTURE; FERMENTATION BROTHS; FERMENTORS; FUNCTION OF TIME; GLUTAMIC ACID; PSEUDOPLASTIC; RHEOLOGICAL STUDIES; SPECIFIC PRODUCTIVITY;

AMINO ACIDS; BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; BATCH CELL CULTURE; BIOMOLECULES; ELASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLY(GAMMA GLUTAMIC ACID); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BATCH FERMENTATION; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SYNTHESIS;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS;

EID: 79953873155     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12257-009-0059-2     Document Type: Article

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