CHEBI:85248 - gellan gum

ChEBI IDCHEBI:85248
ChEBI Namegellan gum
Stars
DefinitionA polysaccharide acid oxoanion produced by bacteria, which is used as a substitute for agar as gelling agent in various clinical bacteriological media.
Last Modified17 March 2015
SubmitterSteve
Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Sphingomonas paucimobilis (ncbitaxon:13689) - PubMed (25439950)
Roles Classification
Biological Role:
bacterial metabolite  Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
gellan gum (CHEBI:85248) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969)
gellan gum (CHEBI:85248) is a polysaccharide acid oxoanion (CHEBI:62196)
Brand Names  Source
GelriteChEBI
PhytagelChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
D08927KEGG DRUG
Gellan_gumWikipedia
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:11314514Reaxys
CAS:71010-52-1KEGG DRUG
CAS:71010-52-1ChemIDplus
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