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ArticleBiotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2020

Molecular weight and viscosifying power of alginates produced by mutant strains of

Andres García, Tania Castillo, Diego Ramos, Carlos L Ahumada-Manuel, Cinthia Núñez, Enrique Galindo, Jochen Büchs, Carlos Peña

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Article in Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 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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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Exopolysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria: functional ingredients with biotechnological potential - a critical review.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2026
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  3. Advances in alginate biosynthesis: regulation and production inFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Andres GarcíaDepartamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ave. Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, 62210, Morelos, México.
Tania CastilloDepartamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ave. Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, 62210, Morelos, México.
Diego RamosDepartamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ave. Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, 62210, Morelos, México.
Carlos L Ahumada-ManuelDepartamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ave. Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, 62210, Morelos, México.
Cinthia NúñezDepartamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ave. Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, 62210, Morelos, México.
Enrique GalindoDepartamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ave. Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, 62210, Morelos, México.
Jochen BüchsAVT - Chair of Biochemical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University,NGP2, Forckenbeckstraße 51, D-52074 Aachen, Germany.
Carlos PeñaDepartamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, UNAM, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ave. Universidad 2001, Col. Chamilpa, Cuernavaca, 62210, Morelos, México.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alginates are polysaccharides that are of interest in various industrial applications. This is due to the viscosifying properties of alginates, which depends on the weight-average molecular weight. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the changes in alginate quality, in terms of the viscosifying power and weight-average molecular weight of the polymer produced by

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AlginateMicroaerophilic conditionsViscosifying powerWeight-average molecular weight

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PMID32140445
PMCPMC7049565

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