Kinetics of Mucor rouxii fermentation in relation to Chitosan production

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 696-700

  Chatterjee, Sandipan ^a   Chatterjee, Bishnu P ^a   Guha, Arun K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Biochemical changes; Chitosan; Fermentation; Molasses; Mucor rouxii

Indexed keywords

AMYLOMYCES ROUXII; MUCOR;

EID: 80054012102     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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