Biotechnological potential of microbial inulinases: Recent perspective

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 18, 2017, Pages 3818-3829

  Rawat, Hemant Kumar ^a   Soni, Hemant ^a   Treichel, Helen ^b   Kango, Naveen ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA FRONTEIRA SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

endo inulinase; exo inulinase; fructo oligosaccharide; fructose; immobilization; Inulin

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; FRUCTOSE; MICROORGANISMS; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION;

BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIALS; FRUCTO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES; INULIN; INULINASE; MICROBIAL ENZYMES; SINGLE CELL PROTEINS; SINGLE STEP REACTION; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS;

GLYCOSIDASE; INULIN; INULINASE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FUNGUS; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGI; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROLYSIS; INULIN;

EID: 85003892051     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2016.1147419     Document Type: Article

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