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Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry Volume 64, 2000 - Issue 9
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Ascorbic Acid Stimulation of Production of a Highly Branched β-1,3-Glucan by Aureobasidium pullulans K-1—Oxalic Acid, a Metabolite of Ascorbic Acid as the Stimulating Substance—

Nobutake HAMADAOsaka Municipal Technical Research Institute
,
Kohji DEGUCHIAgriculture Faculty of Kinki University
,
Takashi OHMOTOOsaka Municipal Technical Research Institute
,
Kiyofumi SAKAIOsaka Municipal Technical Research Institute
,
Tatsuhiko OHEOsaka Municipal Technical Research Institute
&
Hajime YOSHIZUMIAgriculture Faculty of Kinki University
Pages 1801-1806 | Received 07 Jan 2000, Accepted 09 May 2000, Published online: 22 May 2014

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