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The polysaccharides from lower plants such as bacteria, algae, fungi and lichens etc., and the related enzymes

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Aufbau · Speicherung · Mobilisierung und Umbildung der Kohlenhydrate / Formation · Storage · Mobilization and Transformation of Carbohydrates

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In a brief review of this kind one cannot do justice to this very wide field and one can only hope to draw attention to some of the more interesting polysaccharides and enzymes investigated or inviting attention.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Plant Physiology, Royal Agricultural College, Uppsala 7, Sweden

    Börje Åberg (Professor of Plant Physiology and Anatomy) (Professor of Plant Physiology and Anatomy)

  2. Biology Department, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn 10, New York, USA

    Harry G. Albaum (Professor of Biology) (Professor of Biology)

  3. Botanisches Institut, Technischen Hochschule Stuttgart, Cannstatter Straße 212, Deutschland

    August Arnold

  4. Botany Department, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, S. Africa

    N. P. Badenhuizen

  5. Royal Holloway College, University of London, Englefield Green, Surrey, Great Britain

    E. J. Bourne (Professor of Chemistry) (Professor of Chemistry)

  6. Berlin-Frohnau, Forstweg 7, Deutschland

    Gerda Dangschat

  7. Mikrobiologisches Institut, Kgl. Landwirtschaftliche Hochschule, Uppsala 7, Sweden

    Gösta Fåhraeus

  8. Botanisches Institut, Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170, Deutschland

    Hermann Fischer

  9. The University, Edgbaston, Birmingham 15, Great Britain

    A. B. Foster (Lecturer in Chemistry) (Lecturer in Chemistry)

  10. Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 168, Deutschland

    Joachim Goerdeler (Privatdozent) (Privatdozent)

  11. The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

    Alfred Gottschalk M.D., D.Sc, F.R.A.C.I., F.R.I.C., F.A.A.

  12. University of California, Berkeley, USA

    W. Z. Hassid (Professor of Plant Biochemistry) (Professor of Plant Biochemistry)

  13. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

    Felix Haurowitz (Professor of Chemistry) (Professor of Chemistry)

  14. Botanisch Laboratorium, Grote Rozenstraat 31, Groningen, Nederlande

    R. J. Helder

  15. Institut für Chemische Technik, Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe, Kaiserstraße 12, Deutschland

    F. A. Henglein

  16. The University, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Edmund L. Hirst (Professor of Organic Chemistry) (Professor of Organic Chemistry)

  17. Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    J. K. N. Jones (S.R.S. Research Professor) (S.R.S. Research Professor)

  18. c/o Sandoz AG., Basel 13, Schweiz

    E. Jucker  & Arthur Stoll  & 

  19. Bad Sooden-Allendorf/Werra, Deutschland

    Gerhard Kerstan

  20. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Torry Research Station, Aberdeen, Scotland

    J. A. Lovern (Senior Principal Scientific Officer) (Senior Principal Scientific Officer)

  21. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh 13, Pennsylvania, USA

    Erston V. Miller (Research Professor of Botany) (Research Professor of Botany)

  22. Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Universität, Stockholm Va, Odengatan 63, Sweden

    Gunnar Neumüller

  23. Subdept. of Plant biophysics, Botany Dept., The University, Leeds 2, Great Britain

    R. D. Preston

  24. Universität Uppsala, Sweden

    Bengt G. Rånby (Dozent für Physikalische Chemie) (Dozent für Physikalische Chemie)

  25. Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus 10, Ohio, USA

    F. Shafizadeh (Associate Supervisor) & Melville L. Wolfrom (Associate Supervisor) & 

  26. Department of Chemistry, The University, Edgbaston, Birmingham 15, Great Britain

    M. Stacey (Mason Professor and Head) (Mason Professor and Head)

  27. Den polytekniske Laereanstalts organiskkemiske Laboratorium, Sølvgade 83, København K., Danmark

    Stig Veibel

  28. Ludwigshafen a. Rh., Sternstraße 166, Deutschland

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  29. Stuttgart - Untertürkheim, Strümpfelbacherstraße 49, Deutschland

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  30. Institut für allgemeine Botanik der Universität, Künstlergasse 16, Zürich, Schweiz

    Hans Wanner

  31. Botanisches Institut der Universität, Mainz, Deutschland

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  32. The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, Chelsea Bridge Road, London S.W. 1, Great Britain

    W. J. Whelan

  33. Bundesforschungsanstalt für Lebensmittelfrischhaltung, Karlsruhe, Kaiserstraße 12, Deutschland

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Foster, A.B., Stacey, M. (1958). The polysaccharides from lower plants such as bacteria, algae, fungi and lichens etc., and the related enzymes. In: Åberg, B., et al. Aufbau · Speicherung · Mobilisierung und Umbildung der Kohlenhydrate / Formation · Storage · Mobilization and Transformation of Carbohydrates. Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie / Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-94731-5_14

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