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Extractive fermentation for improved production of endoglucanase by an intergeneric fusant of Trichoderma

Sinha1, Dey, Panda

  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology Research Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, 600036, Chennai, India

Biochemical Engineering Journal
|November 18, 2000
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