Production of a viscous extracellular polysaccharide
Isolation
Soil
Biosafety Level
1
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Product Format
freeze-dried
Preceptrol®
no
Type Strain
yes
(type strain)
Comments
Gram negative, motile, aerobic rod
Medium
ATCC® Medium 200: YM agar or YM broth
Growth Conditions
Temperature: 26.0°C
Name of Depositor
NRRL
References
Gasdorf HJ, et al. Polymer-producing species of Arthrobacter. J. Bacteriol. 90: 147-150, 1965.
Novak JS, et al. Heteropolysaccharide formation by Arthrobacter viscosus grown on xylose and xylose oligosaccharides. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58: 3501-3507, 1992.
Tanenbaum SW, et al. Hemicellulose bioconversion to polyanionic heteropolysaccharides. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 34-35: 135-148, 1992. PubMed: 1622201
Skerman VB, et al. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 30: 225-420, 1980.
Sloneker JH, et al. Structure of the extracellular bacterial polysaccharide from Arthrobacter viscosus NRRL B-1973. Can. J. Chem. 46: 3353-3361, 1968.
