Occurrence, production, and applications of gellan: Current state and perspectives

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 889-900

  Fialho, Arsenio M ^a   Moreira, Leonilde M ^a   Granja, Ana Teresa ^a   Popescu, Alma O ^a   Hoffmann, Karen ^a   Sá Correia, Isabel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bacterial exopolysaccharides; Gellan; Sphingans; Sphingomonas elodea

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANNING; CHEMICALS; EARNINGS; FOOD PRESERVATION; GELATION; GLUCOSE; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RHEOLOGY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; TECHNOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL FIELDS; CURRENT STATE; D GLUCURONIC ACID; D-GLUCOSE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE (EPS); EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES (EPS); GELLING AGENTS; L-RHAMNOSE; MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SPHINGOMONAS; SPRINGER (CO); STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; TETRASACCHARIDE;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

ACETIC ACID; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GELLAN; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCERIC ACID; RHAMNOSE; TETRASACCHARIDE;

BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHEOLOGY;

BIOMEDICINE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; ESTERIFICATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; SHORT SURVEY; SPHINGOMONAS;

BIOPOLYMERS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS ELODEA;

EID: 46149121712     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1496-0     Document Type: Short Survey

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