Patent · US Expired

Microbial heteropolysaccharide

US4357423A · kind A · utility

29Cited by
1References
3Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 16, 1981
Grant dateNov 2, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 16, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S507/936
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An heteropolysaccharide known as Biopolymer PS 87 comprises glucose, galactose, mannose, glucuronic acid and fucose. Biopolymer PS 87 is pseudoplastic, has a consistency at 20.degree. C. of at least 150 poise and a yield stress value at 20.degree. C. of at least 30 dynes/cm.sup.2. Biopolymer PS 87 is synthesized by a strain of Bacillus polymyxa or a genetically similar micro-organism and has many domestic and industrial uses as a suspending agent or thickener.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.