Biotechnological potential of alternative carbon sources for production of pectinases by Rhizopus microsporus var. rhizopodiformis

Fungi collected from Brazilian soil and decomposing plants were screened for pectinase production. R. microsporus var. rhizopodiformis was the best producer and was selected to evaluate the pectic enzyme production under several nutritional and environmental conditions. The pectinase production was...

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Main Authors: André Ricardo de Lima Damásio, Alexandre Maller, Tony Márcio da Silva, João Atílio Jorge, Hector Francisco Terenzi, Maria de Lourdes Teixeira de Moraes Polizeli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2011-02-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132011000100019