Diversity of heteropolysaccharide-producing lactic acid bacterium strains and their biopolymers.
Thirty-one lactic acid bacterial strains from different species were evaluated for exopolysaccharide (EPS) production in milk. Thermophilic strains produced more EPS than mesophilic ones, but EPS yields were generally low. Ropiness or capsular polysaccharide formation was strain dependent. Six strains produced high-molecular-mass EPS. Polymers were classified into nine groups on the basis of their monomer composition. EPS from Enterococcus strains were isolated and characterized.
Mozzi
Fernanda
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Centro de Referencia para Lactobacilos (CERELA), Chacabuco 145, 4000 San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina. fmozzi@cerela.org.ar
Vaningelgem
Frederik
F
Hébert
Elvira María
EM
Van der Meulen
Roel
R
Foulquié Moreno
María Remedios
MR
Font de Valdez
Graciela
G
De Vuyst
Luc
L
D001483:Base Sequence; D014644:Genetic Variation; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015014:Yogurt / Q000382:microbiology
D009844:Oligosaccharides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D019344:Lactic Acid