Improving intrinsic adhesion performance of the known probiotics facilitates their residence
and colonization, and therefore exerts more beneficial effects on the human or animal host …

Fructans, homopolymers of fructose produced by fructosyltransferases (FTs), are emerging
as intriguing components in halophiles since they are thought to be associated with osmotic …

Zymomonas mobilis is a gram-negative facultative anaerobic spore, which is generally
recognized as a safe. As a promising ethanologenic organism for large-scale bio-ethanol …

Levan, a type of β (2→ 6)-linked fructan, is a promising biopolymer with distinct properties
and extensive applications in the fields of food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, etc. However, the …

The non-saccharolytic yeast Pichia pastoris was engineered to express constitutively the
mature region of sucrose: sucrose 1-fructosyltransferase (1-SST, EC 2.4. 1.99) from Tall …

Levan is a high-valued polysaccharide of fructose produced by several microbial species.
These polysaccharides have been described as effective therapeutic agents in some human …

Sažetak Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) are microorganisms widely distributed in nature.
Although this group is involved in the spoilage of some foods, AAB are of great industrial …

Less attention has been focused on the industrial applications of levan-type fructan than that
of inulin. Levan-type fructan is a unique homopolysaccharide consisting of fructose residues …

Levansucrases (LSs) synthesize levan, a β2-6-linked fructose polymer, by successively
transferring the fructosyl moiety from sucrose to a growing acceptor molecule. Elucidation of …

Saline and hypersaline environments make up the largest ecosystem on earth and the
organisms living in such water-restricted environments have developed unique ways to …