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EXTRACELLULAR MICROBIAL POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCTION BY FERMENTATION ON WHEY OR HYDROLYZED WHEY
Author(s) -
STAUFFER K. R.,
LEEDER J. G.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1978.tb02411.x
Subject(s) - alcaligenes , lactose , food science , fermentation , polysaccharide , chemistry , hydrolysis , galactose , biochemistry , bacteria , biology , pseudomonas , genetics
Several organisms have been screened for their ability to produce extracellular microbial polysaccharides when lactose or glucose: galactose (1:1) were used as the carbon source during fermentation. Organisms were selected from known gum producing strains (on glucose) of Alcaligenes, Xanthomonas, Arthrobacter, Zooglea , and others. Results indicate that all organisms studied can produce polymers from hydrolyzed lactose while only Alcaligenes viscosus and Zooglea ramigera produced a gum from whey, when using conditions as reported here.