Fucose-containing bacterial biopolymer

• Main Authors: DELGADO ALVES, VITOR MANUEL, ANDRADE DE FREITAS, MARIA FILOMENA, CARVALHO FERNANDES DE MIRANDA REIS, MARIA D´ASCENSAO, FREITAS OLIVEIRA, RUI MANUEL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.06.2012
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention concerns a microbial biopolymer comprising fucose in its composition. This biopolymer consists of a polysaccharide comprising fucose, which represents at least 10% of its composition. This fucose- containing polysaccharide also contains non-sugar components, namely, acyl group...