Production of microbial polysaccharides for use in food

Microbial Production of Food Ingredients, Enzymes and Nutraceuticals

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 413-468

  Giavasis, I ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Food biopolymers; Functional foods and nutraceuticals; Microbial polysaccharides; Structure function relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893575493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857093547.2.413     Document Type: Chapter

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