Isolation and screening of lipolytic fungi from the surface of pineapple (Ananas comosus) for extra-cellular lipase activity

ABSTRACT Coating pineapple with coconut oil to delay senescence and prevent chilling injury alters fruit flavor indicating hydrolytic rancidity. This might be attributed to lipases from yeasts and molds. Twenty-five distinct fungal colonies were collected from the pineapple's surface and qualit...

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Main Author:	Balce, Esther Virginia S.
Other Authors:	Lizada, Ma. Concepcion C.
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2004.
Subjects:	Pineapple > Microbiology.