Curdlan - structure, properties and applications

• Authors: M. Turkiewicz , W. Czub
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

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

EN

CURDLAN; MICROBIAL POLYSACCHARIDE

Discipline

• BIOTECHNOLOGY: BIOTECHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee of Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Biotechnologia
• Year: 1997
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 16-26

Contributors

author

M. Turkiewicz

author

W. Czub

• Document Type: article
• Publication order reference: M. Turkiewicz, Instytut Biochemii Technicznej Politechnika Lodzka, ul. Stefanowskiego 4/10, 90-457 Lodz, Poland