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Structural analysis of the exopolysaccharide produced by Pediococcus damnosus 2.6
M T Dueñas-Chasco1, M A Rodríguez-Carvajal, P Tejero Mateo
1Departamento de Química Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad del Pais Vasco, San Sebastian, Spain.
Carbohydrate Research
|December 24, 1997
Abstract:
The exopolysaccharide produced by a ropy strain of Pediococcus damnosus (2.6) in a semi-defined medium was found to be an homopolymer composed of D-glucose. On the basis of monosaccharide and methylation analysis, 1H, 13C, 1D and 2D NMR experiments the polysaccharide was shown to consist of repeating units with the following structure. [sequence: see text]