Curdlan - structure, properties and applications

Turkiewicz, M.; Czub, W.

Journal

Biotechnologia

1997 | 3 | 16-26

Article title

Curdlan - structure, properties and applications

Authors

M. Turkiewicz , W. Czub

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Abstracts

Curdlan, a bacterial *-(1*3)-glucan produced by some strains of Alcaligenes faecalis and Agrobacterium, forms thermoplastic gels, stable at pH from 3 to 9,5 and up to 140 - 160?C. This paper describes biosynthetic pathways, molecular structure and properties of this polysaccharide, and also discusses the possibilities of its applications, mainly in food industry.

Keywords

CURDLAN MICROBIAL POLYSACCHARIDE

Discipline

BIOTECHNOLOGY: BIOTECHNOLOGY

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Biotechnologia

Year

1997

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16-26

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M. Turkiewicz

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W. Czub

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M. Turkiewicz, Instytut Biochemii Technicznej Politechnika Lodzka, ul. Stefanowskiego 4/10, 90-457 Lodz, Poland

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