Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2022 Nov 20;69(4):83-89.
doi: 10.5458/jag.jag.JAG-2022_0008. eCollection 2022.

Microorganisms Capable of Producing Polysaccharides from D-Xylose

Sosyu Tsutsui  1   2 , Tomohiro Hatano  3   4 , Ryo Funada  5 , Satoshi Kaneko  1   2
Affiliations

Microorganisms Capable of Producing Polysaccharides from D-Xylose

Sosyu Tsutsui et al. J Appl Glycosci (1999). .

Abstract

In recent years, the importance of biomass utilization has increased, but it has not been effectively exploited. In particular, it is difficult to use hemicellulose, the second most abundant biopolymer of biomass. Therefore, in order to promote the utilization of hemicellulose, we screened for microorganisms capable of producing polysaccharides from D-xylose. The following four strains were selected from samples collected from various regions of Okinawa Prefecture: Kosakonia sp. (SO_001), Papiliotrema terrestris (SO_005), Pseudarthrobacter sp. (SO_006), and Williamsia sp. (SO_009). Observation with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) confirmed that each bacterium produced polysaccharides with different shapes. In addition, the molecular weight and sugar composition of the polysaccharides produced by each bacterium were distinct. The selected microorganisms include closely related species known to promote plant growth and known to suppress postharvest pathogens. Since these microorganisms may be used not only in known fields but also in new fields, the results of this research are expected to greatly expand the uses of hemicellulose.

Keywords: Kosakonia; Papiliotrema; Pseudarthrobacter; Williamsia; extracellular polysaccharides; pentose bioconversion.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.. SEM images of obtained strains.
A, SO_001; B, SO_005; C, SO_006; D, SO_009.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.. FTIR spectra of extracellular polysaccharides.
A, SO_001; B, SO_005; C, SO_006; D, SO_009.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Guragain Y.N. and Vadlani P.V.: Renewable biomass utilization: A way forward to establish sustainable chemical and processing industries. Clean Technol., 3, 243-259 (2021).
    1. Tanenbaum S., Scott B., Fisher P., Henwood A., Novak J., Slomczynski D., and Nakas J.: Bioconversion of pentosans to heteropolysaccharides. in Novel Biodegradable Microbial Polymers, Dawes E.A., eds., Springer, pp. 473-477 (1990).
    1. Tanenbaum S.W., Fisher P.J., Henwood A., Novak J., Scott B., and Nakas J.P.: Hemicellulose bioconversion to polyanionic heteropolysaccharides. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol., 34-35, 135-148 (1992). - PubMed
    1. Novak J.S., Tanenbaum S.W., and Nakas J.P.: Heteropolysaccharide formation by Arthrobacter viscosus grown on xylose and xylose oligosaccharides. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 58, 3501-3507 (1992). - PMC - PubMed
    1. Saha B.C.: Hemicellulose bioconversion. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 30, 279-291 (2003). - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources