Biochemical Engineering for 2001 pp 231-233 | Cite as
Gel Formation by Methylan Produced from Methanol
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Abstract
Microbial biopolymers show great diversities as well as novelty in their structures and properties (1). The biopolymer applications encompass a wide range as a stabilizer, emulsifier, thickener, adsorbent, and as a rheological control agents. An extracellular microbial polysaccharide, Methylan, was isolated as an extracellular product of Methylobacterium organophilum from methanol and has unusual and potentially valuable gelation behavior.
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Methylan polysaccharide intrinsic viscosity cation-induced gelationPreview
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