EFFECT OF WATER ACTIVITY ON CELL-GROWTH AND PHENOL OXIDASE PRODUCTIONBY STREPTOMYCES-CYANEUS VAR VIRIDOCHROMOGENES IN SURFACE CULTURE (VOL12, PG 101, 1996)

Authors
BERROCAL M HUERTA S RODRIGUEZ J PEREZLEBLIC M ARIAS ME
Citation
M. Berrocal et al., EFFECT OF WATER ACTIVITY ON CELL-GROWTH AND PHENOL OXIDASE PRODUCTIONBY STREPTOMYCES-CYANEUS VAR VIRIDOCHROMOGENES IN SURFACE CULTURE (VOL12, PG 101, 1996), World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 12(4), 1996, pp. 417-418
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
World journal of microbiology & biotechnology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09593993
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
417 - 418
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-3993(1996)12:4<417:EOWAOC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
In surface cultures of Streptomyces cyaneus var. viridochromogenes, Na Cl depressed water activity (a(w)) without supporting growth. Reducing a(w) from 0.987 to 0.951 led to 3- and 4-fold increases in intracellu lar and extracellular phenol oxidase activities, respectively.