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Mixed culture ofBacillus circulans WL-12 andPhaffia Rhodozyma on different carbon sources: Yeast-wall lytic enzyme production and extractability of astaxanthin

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Lytic enzyme production byBacillus circulans WL-12 and modification of the red yeastPhaffia rhodozyma in mixed culture, is feasible on some simple sugars other than glucose. Advantages of the mixed culture are discussed.

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  1. Microbiology Department, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

    R. N. Okagbue & M. J. Lewis

  2. Food Science and Technology Department, University of California Davis, 95616, CA, USA

    R. N. Okagbue & M. J. Lewis

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Okagbue, R.N., Lewis, M.J. Mixed culture ofBacillus circulans WL-12 andPhaffia Rhodozyma on different carbon sources: Yeast-wall lytic enzyme production and extractability of astaxanthin. Biotechnol Lett 5, 731–736 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01386493

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