Exopolysaccharides produced by Lactococcus lactis: From genetic engineering to improved rheological properties?

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 357-365

  Kleerebezem, Michiel ^a,b   Van Kranenburg, Richard ^a,b   Tuinier, Remco ^b,c   Boels, Ingeborg C ^a,b   Zoon, Pieternella ^b   Looijesteijn, Ellen ^b   Hugenholtz, Jeroen ^a,b   De Vos, Willem M ^a,b  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; FOOD ADDITIVE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW KINETICS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0032824977     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002084822851     Document Type: Conference Paper

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