Fermentation behavior of osmophilic yeast Candida tropicalis isolated from the nectar of Hibiscus rosa sinensis flowers for xylitol production

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 393-402

  Misra, Swati ^a   Raghuwanshi, Shailendra ^a   Gupta, Pritesh ^a   Dutt, Kakoli ^a   Saxena, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Cell adaptation; Hibiscus rosa sinensis; Indigenous yeast; Xylitol

Indexed keywords

DNA 26S; XYLITOL;

ARTICLE; BATCH FERMENTATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CARBON SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOWER; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; NECTAR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CANDIDA TROPICALIS; FERMENTATION; FLOWERS; HIBISCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT NECTAR; XYLOSE;

CANDIDA TROPICALIS; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS;

EID: 84857993387     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-011-9646-2     Document Type: Article

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