Identification of the extracellular polysaccharide produced by the snow mold fungus Microdochium nivale.

Autor:	Schweiger-Hufnagel, Ulrike, Ono, Tomoko, Izumi, Kazuo, Hufnagel, Peter, Morita, Naoki, Kaga, Harumi, Morita, Mikio, Hoshino, Tamotsu, Yumoto, Isao, Matsumoto, Naoyuki, Yoshida, Midori, Sawada, Michiko Takagi, Okuyama, Hidetoshi
Předmět:	FUNGI POLYSACCHARIDES GLUCOSE CELLULOSE FOURIER transforms SPECTRUM analysis
Zdroj:	Biotechnology Letters; Feb2000, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p183-187, 5p
Abstrakt:	A water-insoluble, extracellular polysaccharide was isolated from the culture medium of the snow mold fungus, Microdochium nivale, that had been cultivated in potato/dextrose broth. The polysaccharide consisted of glucose only. Its Fourier transform infrared spectrum showed a beta configuration of the C1 position of glucose. Linkage analysis of the polysaccharide showed that it had a linear structure of β-(1→4)-linked glucose. The polysaccharide was therefore identified as cellulose. This is the first report of extracellular cellulose occurring in fungi. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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