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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2015

Exopolysaccharides enriched in rare sugars: bacterial sources, production, and applications.

Christophe Roca, Vitor D Alves, Filomena Freitas, Maria A M Reis

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers.

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4 authors.

Christophe RocaResearch Unit on Applied Molecular Biosciences, Rede de Química e Tecnologia, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa , Caparica, Portugal.
Vitor D AlvesLinking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa , Lisboa, Portugal.
Filomena FreitasResearch Unit on Applied Molecular Biosciences, Rede de Química e Tecnologia, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa , Caparica, Portugal.
Maria A M ReisResearch Unit on Applied Molecular Biosciences, Rede de Química e Tecnologia, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa , Caparica, Portugal.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial extracellular polysaccharides (EPS), produced by a wide range of bacteria, are high molecular weight biopolymers, presenting an extreme diversity in terms of chemical structure and composition. They may be used in many applications, depending on their chemical and physical properties. A rather unexplored aspect is the presence of rare sugars in the composition of some EPS. Rare sugars, such as rhamnose or fucose, may provide EPS with additional biological properties compared to those composed of more common sugar monomers. This review gives a brief overview of these specific EPS and their producing bacteria. Cultivation conditions are summarized, demonstrating their impact on the EPS composition, together with downstream processing. Finally, their use in different areas, including cosmetics, food products, pharmaceuticals, and biomedical applications, are discussed.

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bacterial extracellular polysaccharidesfucoseglucuronic acidrare-sugarsrhamnose

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PMID25914689
PMCPMC4392319

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