Effect of aeration and substrate moisture content on sporulation of Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 1037-1042

  Arzumanov, T ^a   Jenkins, N ^a   Roussos, S ^b  

^a CABI   (United Kingdom)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Aeration; Metarhizium anisopliae; Moisture content; Solid substrate fermentation

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; FERMENTATION; MOISTURE; SUBSTRATES; WATER AERATION;

COLUMN BIOREACTORS; OPTIMUM AERATION; SOLID SUBSTRATE FERMENTATION (SSF); SPORULATION;

MICROORGANISMS;

METARHIZIUM; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM;

EID: 9644288165     PISSN: 00329592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2004.03.013     Document Type: Article

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