Azotobacter vinelandii lacking the Na+-NQR activity: A potential source for producing alginates with improved properties and at high yield

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2731-2740

  Gaytán, Itzel ^a   Peña, Carlos ^a   Núñez, Cinthia ^a   Córdova, María S ^a   Espín, Guadalupe ^a   Galindo, Enrique ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

A. vinelandii; Alginate; Degree of acetylation; Na+ NQR activity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

A. VINELANDII; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DEGREE OF ACETYLATION; HIGH YIELD; PHB ACCUMULATION; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PSEUDOPLASTIC; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SHAKE FLASKS; SPECIAL PROPERTIES; WILD TYPES; YEAST EXTRACTS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RHEOLOGY; SODIUM; SUGAR (SUCROSE); VISCOSITY;

ALGINATE;

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

ALGINATES; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIA; KINETICS; MUTATION; QUINONE REDUCTASES; SUCROSE;

AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII;

EID: 84864057959     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-012-1084-4     Document Type: Article

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