Modifications and applications of the Acinetobacter venetianus RAG-1 exopolysaccharide, the emulsan complex and its components

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-210

  Dams Kozlowska, Hanna ^a,c   Mercaldi, Michael P ^b   Panilaitis, Bruce J ^a   Kaplan, David L ^a,b  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Amphiphile; Emulsan; Emulsification; Exopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; APPLICATIONS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PURIFICATION;

ACINETOBACTER; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; EMULSAN; EXO POLYSACCHARIDES; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PURIFICATION PROCESSES;

EMULSIFICATION;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EMULSAN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NANOPARTICLE; O ANTIGEN; RAG 1 EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WZA PROTEIN; WZB PROTEIN; WZC PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER VENETIANUS; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA MODIFICATION; EMULSION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PURIFICATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SHORT SURVEY;

ACINETOBACTER; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPERON; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER VENETIANUS;

EID: 55649098163     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-008-1664-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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