Acid hydrolysis and quantitative determination of total hexosamines of an exopolysaccharide produced by Citrobacter sp.

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-18

  Jang, Jin Ho ^a,c   Hui, Ching Hia ^a   Ike, Michihiko ^a   Inoue, Chiyo ^b   Fujita, Masanori ^a   Yoshida, Toshiomi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Takuma Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acid hydrolysis; Elson Morgan method; Glycosidic bond energy; Hexosamine determination

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATION; BACTERIA; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HYDROCHLORIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDES; THERMOANALYSIS;

BOND ENERGY; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES (EPS); HEXOSAMINES; THERMAL DESTRUCTION;

HYDROLYSIS;

ACID; HEXOSAMINE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CITROBACTER; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACIDS; CITROBACTER; HEXOSAMINES; HYDROLYSIS; POLYSACCHARIDES; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER;

EID: 13844280845     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-004-6305-y     Document Type: Article

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