Physicochemical Characteristics of Cheonnyuncho Fruit (Opuntia humifusa) Fermented by Leuconostoc mesenteroides SM

Characteristics of Leuconostoc mesenteroides from Cane Juice.

Characterization of the Dextran Produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides from Date Fruit Extract

In the present study, the production of dextran from date extract and sucrose as carbon sources by the bacterium Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B512 (f) was investigated. In comparison to blue dextran (Mw≈2000 Da), dextran molecular weight was reduced (Mw2000 KDa). Flow behavior indices of dextran solutions from date extracts were investigated and rheological parameters were evaluated at concen...

Nosocomial Outbreaks Caused by Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides

From July 2003 through October 2004, 42 patients became infected by strains of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides (genotype 1) in different departments of Juan Canalejo Hospital in northwest Spain. During 2006, 6 inpatients, also in different departments of the hospital, became infected (genotypes 2-4). Parenteral nutrition was the likely source.

The fermentation of sucrose by Leuconostoc mesenteroides.

The slime forming Leuconostoc mesnreroides is distributed widely in nature and is apparently ubiquitous in sugar factories. Neill, Hehre, Sugg, and Jaffe (1939) found dextran, a fermentation product of L. meenteroides, in all samples of cp sucrose examined. This organism, long a nuisance in the factory, has in recent years attracted wide interest because of the commercial possibilities of the d...

Leuconostoc mesenteroides Growth Kinetics

Bacterial profile modification (BPM) is being developed as an oil recovery technique that uses bacteria to selectively plug oil depleted zones within a reservoir to divert displacing fluids (typically water) into oilrich zones. Leuconostoc mesenteroides, which produces dextran when supplied with sucrose, is a bacterium that is technically feasible for use in profile modification. However, the t...