Gellan gum
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gellan-gum-263-505903
title:
Gellan gum
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Gellan gum is a water-soluble anionic polysaccharide produced by the bacterium Sphingomonas elodea. The gellan-producing bacterium was discovered and isolated by the former Kelco Division of Merck & Company, Inc. in 1978 from the lily plant tissue from a natural pond in Pennsylvania. It was initially identified as a gelling agent to replace agar at significantly lower concentrations in solid culture media for the growth of various microorganisms. Its initial commercial product with the trademark
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Gelling and thickening agent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gellan_gum
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2024-01-07T11:44:05Z
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