Reducing sugar-producing bacteria from guts of Tenebrio Molitor Linnaeus (yellow mealworm) for lignocellulosic waste minimization

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 354-359

  Qi, Wei ^a   Chen, Chia Lung ^b   Wang, Jing Yuan ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Lignocellulosic waste; Mealworm guts; Microbial hydrolysis; Reducing sugars producing bacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055179172     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME11129     Document Type: Article

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