Sumários
Alginate biosynthesis by recombinant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
3 março 2020, 15:00 • Jorge Humberto Gomes Leitão
Batch cultures of recombinant Pseudomonas aeruginosa harbouring plasmids pMMB66HE, pAd4038, pVD211, or pNZ49 were prepared and the optical densitiy at 640 nm were followed.
Modeling Metabolic Networks I
3 março 2020, 13:30 • Susana Vinga
Introduction to the module "Modeling Metabolic Networks". Stoichiometric and dynamic models of metabolism. Examples.
Bacterial polysaccharides
2 março 2020, 17:00 • Jorge Humberto Gomes Leitão
Bacterial polysaccharides: properties and applications in industry. Examples of applications of polysaccharides on the food industry, on pharmaceutical industry and other industries. Examples of bacterial polysaccharides. Xanthan gum composition, properties and biochemical pathways involved. Gellan gum and sphingans: aplications, properties, genes and biochemical pathways involved in gellan gum biosynthesis. Alginates composition and properties. The alginate from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Structure and chemical composition. Genes and enzymes involved in alginate biosynthesis in P. aeruginosa. Brief introduction to the genes and enzymes involved in Cepacian biosynthesis by Burkholderia cepacia.