Bacterial glucans have aroused increasing interest in commercial applications in the food and pharmaceutical sectors. A number of bacterial glucans have been reported over recent decades, and their structure, production, and functional properties have been extensively studied. In this paper, we review recent researches on bacterial glucans, with emphasis on the production, physical and chemical properties, and the new developments in food, biomedical, pharmaceutical, and other industrial applications.

food, property, production, pharmaceutical, Bacterial glucans, Biomedical

NCBI PubMed ID: 27678120
Publication DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7836-6
Journal NLM ID: 8406612
Publisher: Springer
Correspondence: jfzhangmail.njust.edu.cn
Institutions: Center for Molecular Metabolism, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, 200 Xiaolingwei Street, Nanjing, 210094, China
 

• Compound ID: 6650
  

  -4)-b-D-Glcp-(1-

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  Structure type: homopolymer
  Trivial name: cellulose, β-(1,4)-glucan, cellulose, β-(1,4)-glucan
  Compound class: EPS, O-polysaccharide, cell wall polysaccharide, glucan, polysaccharide
  Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G75830OM, GlycomeDB:27885, CCSD:50051, CBank-STR:4229
  
   
  
  Acetobacter xylinum, Agrobacterium, Pseudomonas, Rhizobium
  CSDB ID 11828 (all data & tools)
• Compound ID: 1077
  

  Cyclic -2)-b-D-Glcp-(1-

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  Structure type: cyclic polymer repeating unit ; n=17-24
  Trivial name: cyclosophoran, cyclic β-1,2-glucan, periplasmic cyclic β-1,2-glucan, cyclosophorans
  Compound class: EPS
  Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G21553SY, GlycomeDB:25048
  
   
  
  Agrobacterium, Rhizobium, Xanthomonas
  CSDB ID 11829 (all data & tools)
• Compound ID: 2729
  

  b-D-Glcp-(1-2)-+ | -3)-b-D-Glcp-(1-

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  Structure type: polymer chemical repeating unit
  Trivial name: β-1,3/1,2-glucan
  Compound class: CPS, EPS, glucan
  Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G32470ZC, GlycomeDB:25916
  
   
  
  Streptococcus pneumoniae 37
  CSDB ID 11826 (all data & tools)
• Compound ID: 4415
  

  -3)-b-D-Glcp-(1-

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  Structure type: homopolymer
  Trivial name: glucan, β-1,3-glucan, curdlan, curdlan-type polysaccharide 13140, paramylon, curdlan, laminarin, β-glucan, curdlan, β-(1,3)-glucan, β-(1,3)-glucan, curdlan, curdlan, β-1,3-glucan, paramylon, reserve polysaccharide, b-glucan, β-1,3-D-glucan, laminaran, botryosphaeran, laminaran type β-D-glucan, latiglucan I, pachymaran, Curdlan, zymosan A, β-glucan, curdlan, laminarin, zymosan, zymosan, glucan particles, zymosan, β-(1-3)-glucan, β-(1,3)-glucan, β-(1,3)glucan, pachymaran, D-glucan (DPn)540, pachyman, laminaran, curdlan, zymosan, zymosan, β-(1,3)-glucan, zymosan A, zymosan, β-1,3-glucan, curdlan, β-1,3-glucan, curdlan, β-1,3-glucan, curdlan, pachyman, β-(1,3)-glucan, curdlan, callose, a water-insoluble β-(1→3)-glucan, fermentum β-polysaccharide, water-insoluble glucan, alkali-soluble β-glucan (PeA3), alkali-soluble polysaccharide (PCAP), callose, laminarin
  Compound class: EPS, O-polysaccharide, cell wall polysaccharide, lipophosphoglycan, glycoprotein, LPG, glucan, polysaccharide, glycoside, β-glucan, β3-glucan, cell wall glucan
  Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G51056AN, GlycomeDB:157, CCSD:50049, CBank-STR:4225, CA-RN: 51052-65-4, GenDB:FJ3380871.1
  
   
  
  Agrobacterium, Rhizobium, Cellulomonas
  CSDB ID 11394 (all data & tools)
• Compound ID: 12488
  

  a-D-Glcp-(1-6)-+ | -3)-a-D-Glcp-(1-3)-a-D-Glcp-(1-

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  Structure type: fragment of a bigger structure
  Trivial name: mutan
  Compound class: EPS
  Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G94659FD
  
   
  
  Lactobacillus reuteri, Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus salivarius, Streptococcus sownei
  CSDB ID 11831 (all data & tools)
• Compound ID: 12487
  

  /Variants 0/-+ | -6)-a-D-Glcp-(1-6)-a-D-Glcp-(1- /Variants 0/ is: a-D-Glcp-(1-4)- OR (exclusively) a-D-Glcp-(1-3)- OR (exclusively) a-D-Glcp-(1-2)-

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  Structure type: structural motif or average structure
  Trivial name: dextran
  Compound class: EPS
  
   
  
  Lactobacillus hilgardii, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Leuconostoc dextranicum, Streptococcus mutans
  CSDB ID 11830 (all data & tools)
• Compound ID: 10048
  

  -3)-a-D-Glcp-(1-6)-a-D-Glcp-(1-

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  Structure type: polymer chemical repeating unit
  Trivial name: alternan
  Compound class: EPS
  Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G57251MW, CCSD:34237, CBank-STR:2482
  
   
  
  Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Streptococcus salivarius
  CSDB ID 11832 (all data & tools)
• Compound ID: 12484
  

  b-D-Glcp-(1-6)-+ | -3)-b-D-Glcp-(1-3)-b-D-Glcp-(1-

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  Structure type: fragment of a bigger structure
  Trivial name: β-1,3/1,6-glucan, lentinan, cell wall glucan, (1→3)-β-D-glucan
  Compound class: EPS, cell wall polysaccharide, β-D-glucan, lentinan
  Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G70326NL
  
   
  
  Paenibacillus polymyxa JB115
  CSDB ID 11824 (all data & tools)
• Compound ID: 4522
  

  -3)-b-D-Glcp-(1-4)-b-D-Glcp-(1-

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  Structure type: polymer chemical repeating unit
  Trivial name: curdlan, β-1,3/1,4-glucan, 1,3, 1,4)-β-D-glucan, lichenin
  Compound class: EPS, cell wall polysaccharide, glucan
  Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G60071GU, GlycomeDB:2682, CCSD:4772, CBank-STR:4228
  
   
  
  Sinorhizobium meliloti 8530
  CSDB ID 11825 (all data & tools)
• Compound ID: 12486
  

  -3)-b-D-Glcp-(1-3)-b-D-Glcp-(1-3)-b-D-Glcp-(1-3)-b-D-Glcp-(1-3)-b-D-Glcp-(1-3)-b-D-Glcp-(1-3)-b-D-Glcp-(1-3)-a-D-Glcp-(1-3)-a-D-Glcp-(1-

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  Structure type: polymer chemical repeating unit
  Trivial name: salecan
  Compound class: EPS
  Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G52915JN
  
   
  
  Agrobacterium sp. ZX09
  CSDB ID 11827 (all data & tools)