Bacterial exopolysaccharides: Biosynthesis pathways and engineering strategies

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Schmid, Jochen ^a   Sieber, Volker ^a   Rehm, Bernd ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MACDIARMID INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacterial exopolysaccharides; Biosynthesis; Gene clusters; Polysaccharide engineering; Tailor made exopolysaccharides

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BIOPOLYMER; CELLULOSE; COLANIC ACID; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; HYALURONIC ACID; INULIN; LEVAN; SUCCINOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPHINGOMONAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84931270989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00496     Document Type: Review

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