Journal
APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 91, Issue 4, Pages 937-947Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3438-5
Keywords
Scleroglucan; Biosynthesis; Sclerotium rolfsii; Fermentation; Transcriptome; Exopolysaccharide
Categories
Funding
- German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF) [0313397]
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Since its first description in the early 1960s, scleroglucan attracted much attention from both academia and industry. Scleroglucan is an exopolysaccharide secreted by the basidiomycete Sclerotium rolfsii and appreciated as a multipurpose compound applicable in many industrial fields, including oil industry, food industry and pharmacy. In this review, the current knowledge on scleroglucan chemistry, genetics, biosynthesis and production will be summarized and different application possibilities will be discussed. The biosynthesis of scleroglucan in S. rolfsii will be highlighted by recent transcriptomic data and linked to physiological data to better understand the biogenesis of scleroglucan and its link to the phytopathologic lifestyle of S. rolfsii.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available