RT Journal Article
T1 Xanthan production by Xanthomonas albilineans infecting sugarcane stalks
A1 Blanch Rojo, María
A1 Legaz González, María Estrella
A1 Vicente Córdoba, Carlos
AB Xanthomonas albilineans is the causal organism of leaf scald, a bacterial vascular disease of sugarcane. Xanthomonas may invade the parenchyma between the bundles and cause reddened pockets of gum, identified as a xanthan-like polysaccharide. Since xanthan contains glucuronic acid, the ability of Xanthomonas to produce an active UDP glucose dehydrogenase is often seen as a virulence factor. X. albilineans axenically cultured did not secrete xanthans to Willbrink liquid media, but the use of inoculated sugarcane tissues for producing and characterizing xanthans has been required. A hypothesis about the role of sugarcane polysaccharides to assure the production of bacterial xanthan is discussed.
PB Elsevier
SN 0176-1617
YR 2008
FD 2008
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91747
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91747
LA eng
NO Blanch, María, et al. «Xanthan Production by Xanthomonas Albilineans Infecting Sugarcane Stalks». Journal of Plant Physiology, vol. 165, n.o 4, marzo de 2008, pp. 366-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2007.03.008.
NO Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 27 ene 2026