Production of the polysaccharide curdlan by an Agrobacterium strain grown on a plant biomass hydrolysate

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-56

  West, Thomas P ^a   Peterson, Jessica L ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Curdlan; Hydrolysate; Prairie cordgrass; Yield

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE; CURDLAN; PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84891883031     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2013-0714     Document Type: Note

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