Novel gelling agent similar to galactomannan from the sheath-forming bacterium <i>Sphaerotilus hippei</i>
The sheath of S. hippei is a closed-ended microtube assembled with galactomannan-like polysaccharide, which may have a helical conformation. The sheath has hydrogel-forming capabilities.
Authors
- Daisuke Koizumi
- Ichirō Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5624-7289)
- Keiko Kondo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2860-2751)
- Naoki Matsunaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2133-4926)
- Rie Togawa
- Masato Katahira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0336-7660)
- Yudai Yamaoki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8927-4985)
- Muhammad Shafiq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4346-5903)
- Minoru Takeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0554-3306)
- Sheng‐Chih Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1550-5418)
- Aoi Hagio
Institutions
- Yokohama National University (JP)
- Kyoto University (JP)
- Advanced Energy (United States) (US)
- Central Research Institute (IN)
- Collaborative Research Group (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Applied Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxaf220
- Primary Topic
- Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00