Production and characterization of the polysaccharide "xanthan gum" by a local isolate of the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 74, 2011, Pages 16924-16928

  Kassim, M B I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Microbial polysaccharides; Xanthan gum; Xanthomonas campestris

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CELLOBIOSE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; MANNOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PYRUVIC ACID; RHAMNOSE; SUCROSE; XYLOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PH; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 82155164550     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB10.973     Document Type: Article

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