Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp.mesenteroides

PTCC No: 
1591
Other collection No. :: 
NCIMB 8590, ATCC 10830, NRRL B-512, CIP78.59
Culture condition: 
26 °C
Information: 
<- NCIMB <- ATCC <- NRRL. isolated from slime on root beer. Produces dextran. Produces dextransucrase. Production of dextran for used as a plasma extender and substitute for mucin. Produces clinical dextran by mixed-culture fermentation with Lipomyces starkeyi ATCC 74054.
Literature: 

Taxonomy (J Dairy Res 1960, 27: 283-292). Production of dextran (J Bacteriol 1952, 63: 293-295, PubMed: 14938311; Enzyme Microb Technol 1994, 16: 844-848, PubMed: 7521648). Production of dextransucrase (Biochimie 1980, 62 95-6): 323-329, Biotechnol Bioeng 1991, 37: 703-707, Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2003, 38: 267–269). Production of dextransucrase (Appl Environ Microbiol 1999, 65(12): 5504-5509)

Supplied as: 
Freeze-dried
Risk group: 
1