Abstract Fructan-type polysaccharidescomes from natural sources and occur in a large variety of plants, where they play important biological roles as reserve carbohydrate. One the most commonly distributed compound this group – inulin has been part human daily diet for hundreds years, it is found many fruits vegetables, among others, bananas, onions wheat. The inulin-type fructans: fructooligos...

Marinimicrobium sp. strain LS-A18 is a fructan-degrading organism isolated from a brine sample from a marine solar saltern in Jiaozhou Bay, China. The draft genome sequence of this bacterium is 3,815,107 bp in length, with a G+C content of 59.03%. To our knowledge, this is the first genome announcement of a fructan-degrading strain of the genus Marinimicrobium.

Background and Objectives Cereal-based bioethanol stillage, the main by-product of industrial production, is a potential substrate for fructans. However, quantification fructans in such complex sample matrices still challenge corresponding analytics to be overcome allow identification utilization unused fructan sources. Especially possible or rather process development requires appropriate firs...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Chrysolaena obovata, an Asteraceae of the Brazilian Cerrado, presents seasonal growth, marked by senescence of aerial organs in winter and subsequent regrowth at the end of this season. The underground reserve organs, the rhizophores, accumulate inulin-type fructans, which are known to confer tolerance to drought and low temperature. Fructans and fructan-metabolizing enzymes...

Agave fructans (agavins) are fructose polymers that possess β (2-1) and (2-6) bonds. Thus, they cannot be hydrolyzed by digestive enzymes hence classified as indigestible oligosaccharides. These molecules have gained importance due to their various applications, one of which is prebiotic capacity. They also been used wall material, encapsulating bioactive compounds releasing them at specific si...