Characterization of dextran-producing Weissella strains isolated from sourdoughs and evidence of constitutive dextransucrase expression

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-26

  Bounaix, Marie Sophie ^a   Robert, Hervé ^a   Gabriel, Valérie ^a   Morel, Sandrine ^b,c   Remaud Siméon, Magali ^b,c   Gabriel, Bruno ^a   Fontagné Faucher, Catherine ^a  

^a Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

Author keywords

dextransucrase; exopolysaccharides; homopolysaccharides; lactic acid bacteria; sourdough; Weissella

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; DEXTRANSUCRASE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; SUCRASE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; DOUGH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERMENTATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOURDOUGH; WEISSELLA; WEISSELLA CIBARIA; WEISSELLA CONFUSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BREAD; DEXTRANS; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WEISSELLA;

LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; WEISSELLA; WEISSELLA CIBARIA; WEISSELLA CONFUSA;

EID: 77956400741     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02067.x     Document Type: Article

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