Systems Biology of Microbial Exopolysaccharides Production

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ates, Ozlem ^a  

^a NISANTASI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

dextran; EPS; exopolysaccharides; levan; microbial production; pullulan; systems biology; xanthan

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLITES; PRODUCT DESIGN; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES;

BIOSYNTHESIS MECHANISM; COMPLEX CHEMICALS; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LEVAN; MICROBIAL PRODUCTION; MICROBIAL SYSTEM; PULLULANS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; XANTHAN;

DEXTRAN;

EID: 84966275926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2015.00200     Document Type: Review

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