Carotenoid production by filamentous fungi and yeasts

Biotechnology of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 225-279

  Avalos, Javier ^a   Nordzieke, Steffen ^a   Parra, Obdulia ^a   Pardo Medina, Javier ^a   Limón, M Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-58829-2_8     Document Type: Chapter

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