Effect of nitrogen source concentration on curdlan production by Agrobacterium sp. ATCC 31749 grown on prairie cordgrass hydrolysates

Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 85-90

  West, Thomas P ^a,b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; curdlan; hydrolysates; nitrogen source concentration; polysaccharide; prairie cordgrass; yield

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CURDLAN; NITROGEN;

AGROBACTERIUM; BIOMASS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; POACEAE;

AGROBACTERIUM; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOMASS; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN; POACEAE;

EID: 84951200190     PISSN: 10826068     EISSN: 15322297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826068.2014.985835     Document Type: Article

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