NOVEL POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCED BY AZOTOBACTER-VINELANDII ISOLATED FROMPLANT RHIZOSPHERE

Authors
VERMANI MV KELKAR SM KAMAT MY
Citation
Mv. Vermani et al., NOVEL POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCED BY AZOTOBACTER-VINELANDII ISOLATED FROMPLANT RHIZOSPHERE, Biotechnology letters, 17(9), 1995, pp. 917-920
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Biotechnology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01415492
Volume
17
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
917 - 920
Database
ISI
SICI code
0141-5492(1995)17:9<917:NPPBAI>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A strain of Azotobacter vinelandii MTCC 2460 has been isolated from th e rhizosphere of the rhizomes of lotus, which produces a novel exopoly saccharide (EPS) having a sugar composition of glucose galactose : fuc ose: glucoronic acid (2.2 : 2.7 : 5.6 : 1.6). This composition has not been reported for any species belonging to this genus. The EPS gives high viscosity comparable to xanthan under specific conditions.