A glucan from the cell wall of the cyanobacteriumSpirulina platensis

✍ Scribed by C. Eykelenburg

• Book ID: 104754227
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1978
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 335 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-6072
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00394309

✦ Synopsis

A polysaccharide was isolated from the cell wall of the cyanobacterium Spirulinaplatensis. Hydrolysis of the polysaccharide only yielded glucose. Curie-point pyrolysis mass spectrometry of the polysaccharide resulted in a spectrum very similar to that of fl-1,2-glucan. Probably the glucan originates from the fibrillar inner layer of the cell wall.