Identification and characterization of a glucan-producing enzyme from Lactobacillus hilgardii TMW 1.828 involved in granule formation of water kefir

Food Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 672-678

  Waldherr, Florian W ^a   Doll, Viktoria M ^a   Meißner, Daniel ^a   Vogel, Rudi F ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accession : FN662554; Dextransucrase; Exopolysaccharide; Glycosyltransferase; Lactobacillus hilgardii; Water kefir granule

Indexed keywords

ALTERNANSUCRASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; LACTOBACILLUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; ENZYME STABILITY; GLUCANS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; KINETICS; LACTOBACILLUS; PHYLOGENY;

GRANULA; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS HILGARDII; LACTOBACILLUS PARABUCHNERI; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS SAKEI;

EID: 77954818946     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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