Pullularia pullulans
The Black Yeast
Published on 25. July 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
92 pages
978-3-659-92744-7 (ISBN)
Description
Aureobasidium pullulans popularly known as Black Yeast is a micro-fungus that occurs frequently in a wide range of habitats. Earlier it was known as Pullularia pullulans. Aureobasidium pullulans produces a wide range of useful products including a polysaccharide Pullulan. Pullulan is a linear chain of glucose units. It posses several potential application in various fields. This book will throws light on production of this polysaccharide at laboratory level.
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Dr. Ranjan Singh is currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Botany and Microbiology, St. Aloysius College, Jabalpur, M.P., India. His area of interest is Applied Microbiology. He has 4 years of teaching, 1.5 years of industrial and 6 years of research experience. He has published more than 12 papers and 6 books.