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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 98, Issue 1, Pages 1153-1159Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2013.07.025
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Exopolysaccharide; Plant-microbe interaction; Nitrogen-fixation
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- CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico - Brazil)
- INCT-FBN
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Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus is a nitrogen-fixing bacterium that has been found colonizing several plants. This acid-tolerant bacterium produces phytohormones that promote plant growth and is also able to grow in high-sugar concentrations. It has been demonstrated that exopolysaccharides (EPS), which are produced by strain Pal5 of G. diazotrophicus, play an important role in plant infection. We have investigated the structure of the EPS, which was produced by a strain of Pa15 grown in liquid medium containing mannitol as the sole carbon source. The results reveal an EPS with Glc, Gal, Man in a molar ratio of 6:3:1, respectively. NMR spectroscopy and chemical derivatization have revealed that the EPS structure has 4-O-substituted units of beta-glucose, 3-O-substituted units of beta-galactose and 2-O-substituted units of alpha-mannose. Glucose and galactose units linked at C6 were also found. The structure proposed herein is different from EPS produced by other species of Gluconacetobacter published to date. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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