CERELA   05438
CENTRO DE REFERENCIA PARA LACTOBACILOS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Diversity of heteropolysaccharide-producing lactic acid bacterium strains and their biopolymers
Autor/es:
FERNANDA MOZZI; FREDERIK VANINGELGEM; ELVIRA MARÍA HÉBERT; ROEL VAN DER MEULEN; MARÍA REMEDIOS FOULQUIÉ MORENO; GRACIELA FONT DE VALDEZ; LUC DE VUYST
Revista:
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Editorial:
American Society for Microbiology
Referencias:
Año: 2006 vol. 72 p. 4431 - 4435
ISSN:
0099-2240
Resumen:
Thirty-one lactic acid bacterial strains from different species were evaluated for exopolysaccharide (EPS) production in milk. Thermophilic strains produced more EPS than mesophilic ones, but EPS yields were generally low. Ropiness or capsular polysaccharide formation was strain dependent. Six strains produced high-molecular-mass EPS. Polymers were classified into nine groups on the basis of their monomer composition. EPS from Enterococcus strains were isolated and characterized.