Biotechnology of Microbial Exopolysaccharides

Klappentext This volume provides a thorough account of the structure and synthesis of microbial exopolysaccharides. Zusammenfassung This volume provides a thorough account of the structure and synthesis of microbial exopolysaccharides and of their widespread application across a broad range of industries! including food! oil and medicine. The successful exploitation of these polysaccharides requires a sound scientific understanding of their chemical and physical properties and also their biochemistry and biosynthesis. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction and definition; 2. Analytical and structural methods; 3. Exopolysaccharide structure; 4. Exopolysaccharide-degrading enzymes; 5. Biosynthesis; 6. Physiological aspects of production; 7. Genetics and regulation of exopolysaccharide synthesis; 8. Physical properties of polysaccharides; 9. Industrial uses - food; 10. Industrial uses - non-food; 11. Medical uses of exopolysaccharides; 12. Future prospects; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Sutherland Ian W., Ian W. Sutherland, Ian W. (University of Edinburgh) Sutherland
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.1990
• EAN: 9780521363501
• ISBN: 978-0-521-36350-1
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Eighteent; Cambridge Studies in Biotechnology
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Biochemistry, biophysics