Microbial alginate production, modification and its applications

Microbial Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 637-650

  Hay, Iain D ^a   Rehman, Zahid Ur ^a   Moradali, M Fata ^a   Wang, Yajie ^a   Rehm, Bernd H A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID;

AZOTOBACTER; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; SHORT SURVEY; SYNTHESIS;

ALGINATES; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 84885816415     PISSN: 17517907     EISSN: 17517915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12076     Document Type: Short Survey

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