Mahapatra Subhadip, Banerjee Debdulal
Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Botany and Forestry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India.
Microbiol Insights. 2013 Jan 29;6:1-16. doi: 10.4137/MBI.S10957. eCollection 2013.
Fungal exopolysaccharides (EPSs) have been recognized as high value biomacromolecules for the last two decades. These products, including pullulan, scleroglucan, and botryosphaeran, have several applications in industries, pharmaceuticals, medicine, foods etc. Although fungal EPSs are highly relevant, to date information concerning fungal biosynthesis is scarce and an extensive search for new fugal species that can produce novel EPSs is still needed. In most cases, the molecular weight variations and sugar compositions of fungal EPSs are dependent to culture medium composition and different physical conditions provided during fermentation. An inclusive and illustrative review on fungal EPS is presented here. The general outline of the present work includes fungal EPS production, their compositions and applications. An emphasis is also given to listing out different fungal strains that can produce EPSs.
在过去二十年中,真菌胞外多糖(EPSs)已被公认为高价值生物大分子。这些产品,包括普鲁兰多糖、硬葡聚糖和葡萄座腔菌多糖,在工业、制药、医学、食品等领域有多种应用。尽管真菌EPSs具有高度相关性,但迄今为止,关于真菌生物合成的信息稀缺,仍需要广泛寻找能够产生新型EPSs的新真菌物种。在大多数情况下,真菌EPSs的分子量变化和糖组成取决于培养基组成以及发酵过程中提供的不同物理条件。本文对真菌EPS进行了全面且具有说明性的综述。目前工作的总体概述包括真菌EPS的生产、其组成和应用。还着重列出了能够产生EPSs的不同真菌菌株。