Polysaccharide production by an Agrobacterium sp. curdlan overproducer mutant on a grain fermentation coproduct

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 273-279

  West, Thomas P ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Curdlan; Fermentation coproduct; Mutant; Polysaccharide; Solubles

Indexed keywords

AGROBACTERIUM SP.; RHIZOBIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865855009     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jm.2012.273.279     Document Type: Article

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