TABLE 1.
Mole percentages of glycosidic linkages in different insoluble α-glucans, as determined by methylation or NMR
| Strain | Glycosidic linkage (mol %) |
Reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| α-(1→6) | α-(1→2) | α-(1→3) | α-(1→4) | ||
| L. mesenteroides R1510a | 67.7 | 12.5 | 19.8 | 0 | 49 |
| L. mesenteroides NRRLB-1299a,b | 65 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 50, 51 |
| L. mesenteroides NRRLB-1399a | 87.28 | 6.81 | 5.91 | 0 | 52 |
| L. mesenteroides NRRLB-1254a | 76.49 | 0 | 0 | 23.51 | 51 |
| L. mesenteroides NRRLB-1118a | 41.65 | 0 | 58.34 | 0 | 53 |
| L. mesenteroides NRRLB-742a | 86.63 | 0 | 0.71 | 12.65 | 54 |
| L. mesenteroides BD3749c | 63.1 | 0 | 14.3 | 22.6 | This study |
a
The mole percentages of glycosidic linkages were determined by methylation.
b
NRRLB-1299 was also classified as Leuconostoc citreum on the basis of repetitive-sequence-based PCR analysis and fermentation profiles (55).
c
The mole percentages of glycosidic linkages were determined by NMR.