Cargando…
Microbial alginate production, modification and its applications
Alginate is an important polysaccharide used widely in the food, textile, printing and pharmaceutical industries for its viscosifying, and gelling properties. All commercially produced alginates are isolated from farmed brown seaweeds. These algal alginates suffer from heterogeneity in composition a...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2013
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3815931/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24034361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12076 |
_version_ | 1782289471259017216 |
---|---|
author | Hay, Iain D Rehman, Zahid Ur Moradali, M Fata Wang, Yajie Rehm, Bernd H A |
author_facet | Hay, Iain D Rehman, Zahid Ur Moradali, M Fata Wang, Yajie Rehm, Bernd H A |
author_sort | Hay, Iain D |
collection | PubMed |
description | Alginate is an important polysaccharide used widely in the food, textile, printing and pharmaceutical industries for its viscosifying, and gelling properties. All commercially produced alginates are isolated from farmed brown seaweeds. These algal alginates suffer from heterogeneity in composition and material properties. Here, we will discuss alginates produced by bacteria; the molecular mechanisms involved in their biosynthesis; and the potential to utilize these bacterially produced or modified alginates for high-value applications where defined material properties are required. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-3815931 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2013 |
publisher | Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-38159312014-02-12 Microbial alginate production, modification and its applications Hay, Iain D Rehman, Zahid Ur Moradali, M Fata Wang, Yajie Rehm, Bernd H A Microb Biotechnol Minireviews Alginate is an important polysaccharide used widely in the food, textile, printing and pharmaceutical industries for its viscosifying, and gelling properties. All commercially produced alginates are isolated from farmed brown seaweeds. These algal alginates suffer from heterogeneity in composition and material properties. Here, we will discuss alginates produced by bacteria; the molecular mechanisms involved in their biosynthesis; and the potential to utilize these bacterially produced or modified alginates for high-value applications where defined material properties are required. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013-11 2013-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3815931/ /pubmed/24034361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12076 Text en Journal compilation © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd and Society for Applied Microbiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Creative Commons Deed, Attribution 2.5, which does not permit commercial exploitation. |
spellingShingle | Minireviews Hay, Iain D Rehman, Zahid Ur Moradali, M Fata Wang, Yajie Rehm, Bernd H A Microbial alginate production, modification and its applications |
title | Microbial alginate production, modification and its applications |
title_full | Microbial alginate production, modification and its applications |
title_fullStr | Microbial alginate production, modification and its applications |
title_full_unstemmed | Microbial alginate production, modification and its applications |
title_short | Microbial alginate production, modification and its applications |
title_sort | microbial alginate production, modification and its applications |
topic | Minireviews |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3815931/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24034361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.12076 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT hayiaind microbialalginateproductionmodificationanditsapplications AT rehmanzahidur microbialalginateproductionmodificationanditsapplications AT moradalimfata microbialalginateproductionmodificationanditsapplications AT wangyajie microbialalginateproductionmodificationanditsapplications AT rehmberndha microbialalginateproductionmodificationanditsapplications |