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Transformation of the matrix structure of shrimp shells during bacterial deproteination and demineralization

BACKGROUND: After cellulose and starch, chitin is the third-most abundant biopolymer on earth. Chitin or its deacetylated derivative chitosan is a valuable product with a number of applications. It is one of the main components of shrimp shells, a waste product of the fish industry. To obtain chitin...

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Autores principales: Xu, Youmei, Bajaj, Mini, Schneider, Reinhard, Grage, Stephan L, Ulrich, Anne S, Winter, Josef, Gallert, Claudia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24093594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2859-12-90