Flocculation Properties of Poly(γ-Glutamic Acid) Produced from Bacillus subtilis Isolate

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 745-752

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bioflocculant; Flocculating activity; Marine bacteria; Poly( glutamic acid)

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFLOCCULANTS; EXTRACELLULAR; FLOCCULATING ACTIVITY; GLUTAMIC ACID; KAOLIN SUSPENSIONS; MARINE BACTERIA; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION; OPTIMUM PARAMETERS; PRODUCT CHARACTERIZATIONS; REACTION MIXTURE; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; SUBTILIS; TRIVALENT CATIONS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMOLECULES; KAOLIN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

FLOCCULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79956282403     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-009-0186-y     Document Type: Article

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