XANTHAN GUM PRODUCED FROM WHEY BY A MUTANT STRAIN OF XANTHOMONAS-CAMPESTRIS

Authors
KONICEK J LASIK J SAFAR H
Citation
J. Konicek et al., XANTHAN GUM PRODUCED FROM WHEY BY A MUTANT STRAIN OF XANTHOMONAS-CAMPESTRIS, Folia microbiologica, 38(5), 1993, pp. 403-405
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Folia microbiologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00155632
Volume
38
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
403 - 405
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-5632(1993)38:5<403:XGPFWB>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Exopolymer gum of xanthan type was produced from whey by a mutant stra in of Xanthomonas campestris lac+. In 75-L and 300-L fermentation tank s the cultivation and production conditions were studied. After optimi zation a maximum yield of 20 g/L polymer production in a nutritive med ium was reached.