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ReviewWorld journal of microbiology & biotechnology2017

Bacterial alginate production: an overview of its biosynthesis and potential industrial production.

Viviana Urtuvia, Nataly Maturana, Fernando Acevedo, Carlos Peña, Alvaro Díaz-Barrera

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Review in World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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52 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Advances in alginate biosynthesis: regulation and production inFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Viviana UrtuviaEscuela de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Av. Brasil 2147 Casilla 4059, Valparaíso, Chile.
Nataly MaturanaEscuela de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Av. Brasil 2147 Casilla 4059, Valparaíso, Chile.
Fernando AcevedoEscuela de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Av. Brasil 2147 Casilla 4059, Valparaíso, Chile.
Carlos PeñaDepartamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Post. 510-3, 62250, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
Alvaro Díaz-BarreraEscuela de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Av. Brasil 2147 Casilla 4059, Valparaíso, Chile. alvaro.diaz@pucv.cl.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alginate is a linear polysaccharide that can be used for different applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries. These polysaccharides have a chemical structure composed of subunits of (1-4)-β-D-mannuronic acid (M) and its C-5 epimer α-L-guluronic acid (G). The monomer composition and molecular weight of alginates are known to have effects on their properties. Currently, these polysaccharides are commercially extracted from seaweed but can also be produced by Azotobacter vinelandii and Pseudomonas spp. as an extracellular polymer. One strategy to produce alginates with different molecular weights and with reproducible physicochemical characteristics is through the manipulation of the culture conditions during fermentation. This mini-review provides a comparative analysis of the metabolic pathways and molecular mechanisms involved in alginate polymerization from A. vinelandii and Pseudomonas spp. Different fermentation strategies used to produce alginates at a bioreactor laboratory scale are described.

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AlginatesAzotobacter vinelandiiBioreactorsFermentationGlucuronic AcidHexuronic AcidsMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMolecular WeightPseudomonasAlginatesGlucuronic AcidHexuronic AcidsAlginateAzotobacter vinelandiiPseudomonas spp.

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