Genetic engineering of polysaccharide structure: production of variants of xanthan gum in Xanthomonas campestris.

doi:10.1021/bp00003a003

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Genetic engineering of polysaccharide structure: production of variants of xanthan gum in Xanthomonas campestris.

Biotechnology progress - 1 Jan 2000

Hassler R A, Doherty D H

Abstract excerpt

Xanthan gum is an extracellular heteropolysaccharide produced by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris. Xanthan has wide commercial application as a viscosifier of aqueous solutions. Previously, through genetic engineering, a set of mutants defective in the xanthan biosynthetic pathway has been ob...

Topics

Acetylation
Carbohydrate Sequence
Carbohydrates
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Polymers
Polysaccharides, Bacterial
Pyruvates
Pyruvic Acid
Solutions
Viscosity
Xanthomonas

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