African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Flocculation phenomenon of a mutant flocculent Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain: Effects of metal ions, sugars, temperature, pH, protein-denaturants and enzyme treatments

Kedong Ma1*, Minato Wakisaka1, Kenji Sakai2 and Yoshihito Shirai1
1Department of Biological Functions and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 808-0196, Japan. 2Department of plant resources, Graduate school of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
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  •  Accepted: 11 January 2010
  •  Published: 15 February 2010