Continuous cultures for alginate production by Azotobacter vinelandii growing at different oxygen uptake rates

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1879-1883

  Díaz Barrera, Alvaro ^a   Aguirre, Alberto ^a   Berrios, Julio ^a   Acevedo, Fernando ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

alg8; Alginate; algL; Carbon balance; Continuous culture; Oxygen transfer rate

Indexed keywords

ALG8; ALGL; CARBON BALANCE; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; OXYGEN TRANSFER RATE;

FORESTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXYGEN;

ALGINATE;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 80051550376     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2011.06.022     Document Type: Article

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