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Enzymes involved in carbohydrate metabolism and their role on exopolysaccharide production in Streptococcus thermophilus.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Jan 1998
Escalante A, Wacher-Rodarte C, García-Garibay M, Farrés A
Abstract excerpt
The role of the enzymes uridine-5'-diphospho-(UDP) glucose pyrophosphorylase and UDP galactose 4-epimerase in exopolysaccharide production of Gal- ropy and non-ropy strains of Streptococcus thermophilus in a batch culture was investigated. Growth of the ropy and non-ropy strains was accompanied by total release of the galactose moiety from lactose hydrolysis in modified Bellinker broth with lactose as the only...
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