title: Use of whey for production of exocellular polysaccharide by a mutant strain of Xanthomonas campestris.
abstract: Growth and kinetics of the production of exocellular polysaccharide was studied in a mutant strain of Xanthomonas campestris lac+ during cultivation in a submerged culture in a medium containing whey. The maximum production of the polymer was observed at the initial stage of the stationary growth phase of the culture. The mean production yield was about 1.4%. The results were comparable with those obtained during cultivation on a lactose medium.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Konícek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konícková-Radochová
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003470:Culture Media; D005285:Fermentation; D007700:Kinetics; D007785:Lactose / Q000378:metabolism; D008892:Milk; D009154:Mutation; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016959:Xanthomonas campestris / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D007785:Lactose