Biotechnology of non-Saccharomyces yeasts-the basidiomycetes

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 7563-7577

  Johnson, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Basidiomycetes; Bioremediation; Carotenoids; Industrialenzymes; Oxidative catabolism; Pollutant degradation; Terpenoids; Yeast biotechnology; Yeasts

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYMES; LIPIDS; MAMMALS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; MICROORGANISMS; PIGMENTS; SUBSTRATES;

BASIDIOMYCETES; CAROTENOIDS; INDUSTRIALENZYMES; OXIDATIVE CATABOLISM; POLLUTANT DEGRADATION; TERPENOIDS;

YEAST;

XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON; CAROTENOID; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLITE; PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE; YEAST;

BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANDIDA ANTARCTICA; CRYPTOCOCCUS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHAFFIA RHODOZYMA; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; RHODOSPORIDIUM; RHODOTORULA; SPORIDIOBOLUS; TRICHOSPORON;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; YEASTS;

EID: 84892569992     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5046-z     Document Type: Review

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