Enzyme formation and polysaccharide synthesis by bacteria
- 1 October 1938
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 32 (10) , 1752-1758
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0321752
Abstract
Suitable media for large scale production of the polysaccharides from Rhizobium leguminosarum (clover strain) and from Azotobacter chroococcum are described. The R. leguminosarum polysaccharide is a white fibrous mass [a]D -17[degree] in water. It was hydrolyzed by N H2SO4 to glucose (67%) and a uronic acid isolated as the Ba salt (23%). The Azotobacter polysaccharide also formed a white fibrous mass [[alpha]]D -2[degree] in water and was hydrolyzed by N/2 H2SO4 to glucose (87%) and a uronic acid (approx. 3%). Both polysaccharides probably belong to the same class of compound as the Types II and III Pneumococcus specific polysaccharides.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Studies in immuno-chemistryBiochemical Journal, 1936
- Enzyme formation and polysaccharide synthesis by bacteriaBiochemical Journal, 1935