Characterization and optimization of levan production by Bacillus subtilis NATTO

Romanian Biotechnological Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 8413-8422

  Dos Santos, Leandro Freire ^a   Bazani Cabral De Melo, Fernando Cesar ^a   Martins Paiva, Wagner José ^a   Borsato, Dionísio ^a   Corradi Custódio Da Silva, Maria De Lourdes ^b   Colabone Celligoi, Maria Antonia Pedrine ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Cytotoxicity; Factorial design; Levan; Molecular weight; Rheological behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888247368     PISSN: 12245984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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