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Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus levansucrase is involved in tolerance to NaCl, sucrose and desiccation, and in biofilm formation.
Archives of microbiology - 1 Feb 2011
Velázquez-Hernández M Lourdes, Baizabal-Aguirre Víctor M, Cruz-Vázquez Fermín, Trejo-Contreras Mayra J, Fuentes-Ramírez Luis E, Bravo-Patiño Alejandro, Cajero-Juárez Marcos, Chávez-Moctezuma Martha P, Valdez-Alarcón Juan J
Abstract excerpt
Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus is a nitrogen-fixing bacterium and endophyte of sugarcane, which expresses levansucrase, a fructosyltransferase exoenzyme with sucrose hydrolytic and levan biosynthetic activities. As a result of their physical properties, the levan can provide protection against stress caused by abiotic or biotic factors and participate in the formation of biofilms. In this study, we investigated...
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