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Bacteria and yeasts as possible candidates for the production of inulinases and levanases

  • Netherlands Society for Microbiology Section for Technical Microbiology Meeting at Delft on 16 March 1983
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    Present address: Laboratory of Phytopathology, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  1. Laboratory of General and Technical Biology, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC, Delft, The Netherlands

    A. Fuchs, J. M. de Bruijn & C. J. Niedeveld

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Slightly updated version of an oral presentation made on 16 March 1983.

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Fuchs, A., de Bruijn, J.M. & Niedeveld, C.J. Bacteria and yeasts as possible candidates for the production of inulinases and levanases. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 51, 333–343 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02439942

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