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Effect of physicochemical factors on glycerol production by simultaneous cultures of wine micro-organisms using the

C E Ale1, E Bru, A M Strasser de Saad

  • 1Instituto Superior de Investigaciones Biológicas (INSIBIO), CONICET-UNT, and Instituto de Biología "Dr. Francisco D. Barbieri", Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, UNT, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina.

Journal of Applied Microbiology
|August 16, 2014
PubMed
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Keywords:
glycerol productionmixed culturesphysicochemical factorsresponse surface methodwinemaking

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