Requirement for phosphoglucomutase in exopolysaccharide biosynthesis in glucose- and lactose-utilizing Streptococcus thermophilus
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Phosphoglucomutase is not needed in lactose-utilizing Streptococcus thermophilus because the bacterium uses the galactose moiety of lactose to generate exopolysaccharides (EPS). This indicates that the bacterium uses the Leloir enzymes for EPS synthesis.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2001
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Physiological role of beta-phosphoglucomutase in Lactococcus lactis
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Lactococcus lactis appears to have a different metabolic pathway for trehalose than for maltose. This was the conclusion of researchers who analyzed catabolism and anabolism in a beta-phosphoglucomutase mutant.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2001
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Metabolically improved exopolysaccharide production by Streptococcus thermophilus and its influence on the rheological properties of fermented milk
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Altered levels of enzymes in the central carbon metabolism in Streptococcus thermophilus increased the expopolysaccharide (EPS) production 3.3 times over that of the parent strain. The influence of the enhanced EPS production on the rheological properties of fermented milk is described for engineered strains of Streptococcus thermophilus that produce different levels of EPSs.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2005
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