Chemical composition of two exopolysaccharides from Bacillus thermoantarcticus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3265-3269

  Manca, Maria C ^a   Lama, Licia ^a   Improta, Roberta ^a   Esposito, Enrico ^a   Gambacorta, Agata ^a   Nicolaus, Barbara ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; MANNOSE; PYRUVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029831057     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3265-3269.1996     Document Type: Article

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