@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/13500872-42-3-381, author = "SLODKI, M. E. and WICKERHAM, L. J.", title = "Extracellular Polysaccharides and Classification of the Genus Lipomyces", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1966", volume = "42", number = "3", pages = "381-385", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/13500872-42-3-381", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/13500872-42-3-381", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY: Strains classified as Lipomyces lipoferus and L. starkeyi produce specific extracellular acidic heteropolysaccharides. The polymer from L. lipoferus contains mannose and glucuronic acid; the polymer from L. starkeyi contains, in addition, galactose and a trisaccharide. This trisaccharide is composed of mannose and glucuronic acid in the molar ratio 1:2. The difference in polysaccharide composition may be the most significant physiological basis yet discovered for separation of species in the genus Lipomyces. ", }