Open AccessStudies on the decomposition of keratin wastes by saprotrophic microfungi. II. Sulphur and nitrogen balance
Author(s) -
Teresa Korniłłowicz-Kowalska
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta mycologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2353-074X
pISSN - 0001-625X
DOI - 10.5586/am.1997.007
Subject(s) - keratin , sulfur , nitrogen , mineralization (soil science) , feather , decomposition , microfungi , nitrogen balance , chemistry , nitrogen cycle , environmental chemistry , botany , biology , ecology , organic chemistry , paleontology
In the present work the products of hydrolysis and mineralization of keratin proteins were determined. In addition nitrogen and sulphur balance in the cultures of saprotrophic keratinolytic fungi decomposing keratin wastes (feathers) was carried out