Genetic and biochemical characterization of exopolysaccharide biosynthesis by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 218-228

  Lamothe, Gilbert ^a   Jolly, Laure ^a   Mollet, Beat ^a   Stingele, Francesca ^a,b  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b NEURIM PHARMACEUTICALS LTD   (Israel)

Author keywords

eps gene cluster; Exopolysaccharide; Glycosyltransferase; Lactic acid bacteria; Lactobacillus delbrueckii bulgaricus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOGLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENOME ANALYSIS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036373447     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0447-x     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. The complete cps gene cluster from Streptococcus thermophilus NCFB 2393 involved in the biosynthesis of a new exopolysaccharide
2. Genomic organization of the Klebsiella pneumoniae cps region responsible for serotype K2 capsular polysaccharide synthesis in the virulent strain Chedid
3. CpsB is a modulator of capsule-associated tyrosine kinase activity in Streptococcus pneumoniae
4. Long range-inverse PCR (LR-IPCR): Extending the useful range of inverse PCR
5. Are horizontal transfers involved in the evolution of the Streptococcus thermophilus exopolysaccharide synthesis loci?
6. Molecular analysis of the ams operon required for exopolysaccharide synthesis of Erwinia amylovora
7. A classification of nucleotide-diphospho-sugar glycosyltransferases based on amino acid sequence similarities
8. Exocellular polysaccharides produced by lactic acid bacteria
9. Functional analysis in type Ia group B Streptococcus of a cluster of genes involved in extracellular polysaccharide production by diverse species of streptococci
10. Controlled gene expression systems for Lactococcus lactis with the food- grade inducer nisin
11. Heteropolysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria
12. DNA probe for lactobacillus delbrueckii
13. High efficiency transformation of E. coli by high voltage electroporation
14. Translocation of group 1 capsular polysaccharide to the surface of Escherichia coli requires a multimeric complex in the outer membrane
15. The activity of a putative polyisoprenol-linked sugar translocase (Wzx) involved in Escherichia coli O antigen assembly is independent of the chemical structure of the O repeat
16. Identification of four phage resistance plasmids from lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris HO2
17. Plasmid complements of Streptococcus lactis NCDO 712 and other lactic streptococci after protoplast-induced curing
18. Analysis of the exopolysaccharides produced by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus NCFB 2772 grown in continuous culture on glucose and fructose
19. Structural characterisation of the exopolysaccharide produced by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subspecies bulgaricus rr grown in skimmed milk
20. Studies on transformation of Escherichia coli with plasmids
21. Transformation of Lactococcus by electroporation
22. Lactobacillus helveticus glycosyltransferases: From genes to carbohydrate synthesis
23. The capsule polysaccharide synthesis locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 14: Identification of the glycosyl transferase gene cps14E
24. Quorum sensing-controlled gene expression in lactic acid bacteria
25. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4
26. An O-antigen processing function for Wzx (RfbX): A promising candidate for O-unit flippase
27. Role of Streptococcus thermophilus MR-1C capsular exopolysaccharide in cheese moisture retention
28. Determination and comparison of Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. lactis DSM7290 promoter sequences
29. Tyrosine phosphorylation of CpsD negatively regulates capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in Streptococcus pneumoniae
30. Anti-ulcer effects of lactic acid bacteria and their cell wall polysaccharides
31. Enhancement of antigen-specific antibody production by extracellular slime products from slime-forming Lactococcus lactis subspecies cremoris SBT 0495 in mice
32. Physiological activities of polysaccharide produced by Lactobacillus sp.
33. Bacterial polysaccharides in sickness and in health
34. Identification and characterization of the eps (Exopolysaccharide) gene cluster from Streptococcus thermophilus Sfi6
35. Introduction of the exopolysaccharide gene cluster from Streptococcus thermophilus Sfi6 into lactococcus lactis MG1363: Production and characterization of an altered polysaccharide
36. Novel and established applications of microbial polysaccharides
37. A procedure for in vitro amplification of DNA segments that lie outside the boundaries of known sequences
38. Molecular characterization of the plasmid-encoded eps gene cluster essential for exopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Lactococcus lactis
39. Functional analysis of glycosyltransferase genes from Lactococcus lactis and other gram-positive cocci: Complementation, expression, and diversity
40. Cloning and characterization of the scrA gene encoding the sucrose- specific Enzyme II of the phosphotransferase system from Staphylococcus xylosus
41. Biofilm, city of microbes