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PRODUCTION Of NUTRIENT SOURCES FOR RHIZOBIUM

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CONTENTS<br />

Page<br />

ABSTRACT (THAI)……………………………………………………………………………………I<br />

ABSTRACT (ENGLISH)……………………………………………………………………………...II<br />

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………………………………….III<br />

CONTENTS…………………………………………………………………………………………...IV<br />

LIST OF FIGURES………………………………………………………………………………..…VII<br />

LIST OF TABLES……………………………………………………………………………….….XIV<br />

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS…………………………………………………………………..…...XVI<br />

I. INTRODUCTION<br />

1.1�Rhizobial characteristics………………………………………………………….………1<br />

1.1.1� Carbon metabolism in Rhizobium species…………………………………..5<br />

1.1.2� Carbon metabolism in free-living rhizobia………………………………….7<br />

1.2�Classification of yeasts…………………………………………………………………..11<br />

1.2.1� Ascomycetous yeasts…………………………………………………….…11<br />

1.2.2� Heterobasidiomycetous yeasts……………………………………………..14<br />

1.3�Sugar alcohols in eukaryotic microorganisms……………………………………….…..17<br />

1.3.1� Sugar alcohols, polyhydroxy alcohols or polyols………………………….17<br />

1.3.2� Roles of sugar alcohols in fungi…………………………………….……...17<br />

1.4�Physiology of xerotolerant microorganisms……………………………….…………….20<br />

1.5�Production of sugar alcohols by yeasts…………………………………….…………….21<br />

1.6�Sugar alcohol metabolism in yeasts…...………………………………………………....23<br />

1.7�Starch as a sole carbon source…………………………………………………………...26<br />

1.7.1� Composition and nutritonal aspects of starch……………………………...26<br />

1.7.2� Starch-degrading enzymes…………………………………………………27<br />

1.7.3� Extracellular yeast amylases……………………………………………….27<br />

1.8�Extracted yeast cell products…………………………………………………………….33<br />

1.9�Objectives………………………………………………………………………………..35<br />

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