Conversion of capsular polysaccharide, involved in pellicle formation, to extracellular polysaccharide by galE deletion in Acetobacter tropicalis

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2536-2539

  Deeraksa, Arpaporn ^a   Moonmangmee, Somporn ^b   Toyama, Hirohide ^a   Adachi, Osao ^a   Matsushita, Kazunobu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b THAILAND INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acetic acid bacteria; Capsular polysaccharide; Extracellular polysaccharide; galE; Pellicle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ENZYMES; GENES; GLUCOSE; MUTAGENESIS;

ACETIC ACID BACTERIA; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDE; GALE; PELLICLE;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE;

ACETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ACETOBACTER; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE DELETION; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE;

ACETOBACTER; ACETOBACTER TROPICALIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33750467620     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60143     Document Type: Article

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