Purification and characterization of a novel polysaccharide involved in the pellicle produced by a thermotolerant acetobacter strain

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 777-783

  Moonmangmee, Somporn ^a   Toyama, Hirohide ^a   Adachi, Osao ^a   Theeragool, Gunjana ^a,b   Lotong, Napha ^a,b   Matsushita, Kazunobu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acetobacter species; Novel polysaccharide; Pellicle polysaccharide formation; Thermotolerant acetic acid bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; MONOSACCHARIDE;

ACETOBACTER; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPHEROPLAST; THAILAND;

ACETOBACTER; CELL MEMBRANE; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEAT; MONOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SPHEROPLASTS; THAILAND;

ACETOBACTER; ACETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0036547541     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.777     Document Type: Article

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