Chemical and rheological properties of an extracellular polysaccharide produced by the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. ATCC 33047

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-290

  Moreno, José ^a   Vargas, M Angeles ^a   Madiedo, José M ^b   Muñoz, José ^b   Rivas, Joaquín ^a   Guerrero, Miguel G ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blue green algae; Chemical properties; Cyanobacteria; Exopolysaccharide; Rheology; Viscoelasticity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BATCH CELL CULTURE; CONFORMATIONS; DISPERSIONS; GLUCOSE; GROWTH KINETICS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY; XYLOSE;

EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; GALACTOSE; MANNOSE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CYANOBACTERIUM; FLOW KINETICS; NONHUMAN; STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANABAENA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GELS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; RHEOLOGY; SALTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

ALGAE; ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; ANABAENA SP. CA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0034607025     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(20000205)67:3<283::AID-BIT4>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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