Taxonomic group: bacteria / Firmicutes, Firmicutes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria
(Phylum: Firmicutes, Firmicutes, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria)
Associated disease: infection due to Bacillus subtilis [ICD11:
XM4SG9 
];
infection due to Streptococcus [ICD11:
XN3NM ];
infection due to Pseudomonas [ICD11:
XN022 ]
Publication DOI: 10.1533/9781845695873.592Publisher: Boca Raton, FL: Cambridge, England: CRC Press, Woodhead Pub
Editors: Phillips GO, Williams PA
Institutions: Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
Other microbial polysaccharides (pullulan, scleroglucan, elsinan, levan, alternan, dextran) deals with the miscellaneous polysaccharides possessing important and potential applications in the food industry. It provides a comprehensive but concise description of all these microbial polysaccharides. The chapter begins with an introductory section which gives a brief overview of the polysaccharides. This section is followed by respective sections for each of the individual polysaccharides. Each of these sections discuss the origin and manufacture, chemical structure, functional properties, technical data, uses and applications and regulatory status of each polysaccharide. The chapter concludes with the future prospects of these polysaccharides
Dextran, levan, pullulan, scleroglucan, elsinan, alternan
Structure type: homopolymer ; 2000-100000000
Location inside paper: p. 603, 21.5, Fig. 21.4
Trivial name: levan
Compound class: polysaccharide, fructan
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_923066
Biological activity: levan is used as a blood plasma extender, hypocholestrolemic agent, cell membrane (tumor cells) modifier and immunomodulatory agent. It has antitumoral effect while high molecular weight levan is an immunomodulator, affecting macrophages as well as humoral and cell-mediated immunity
Related record ID(s): 5423, 6826, 43168, 44256, 44835
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 1423,
1406,
91347,
1301,
286,
36807Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G29465PK
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