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Microbiological production of enzymes and their industrial applications

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Bacteria and other fungi are industrially cultivated in a variety of ways for the commercial production of some 25 enzymes utilized in many industries ranging from the conversion of starch to fermentable sugars, through chill-proofing of beer to bating of hides.

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Smythe, C.V. Microbiological production of enzymes and their industrial applications. Econ Bot 5, 126–144 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984771

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