Curdlan and succinoglycan

Polysaccharides in Medicinal Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 21-58

  Harada, Tokuya ^a   Harada, Akira ^b  

^a KOBE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLUCOSE; POLYMERS; POLYOLS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AGROBACTERIUM; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON; SUCCINIC ACIDS;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

EID: 85009627585     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9780203742815     Document Type: Chapter

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