Effect of carbon source on polysaccharide production by alginate-entrapped Aureobasidium pullulans ATCC 42023 cells

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 673-677

  West, Thomas P ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium; Calcium alginate; Carbon source; Immobilization; Pullulan

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; CARBON; GLUCAN; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; PULLULAN; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; IMMOBILIZED CELL; METABOLISM; SECRETION;

ALGINATES; ASCOMYCOTA; CARBON; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; GLUCANS; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; SUCROSE;

EID: 82455181622     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201100048     Document Type: Article

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