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Two highly pyruvated xanthan samples supplied as fermentation broths have been investigated with regard to their conformational changes associated with the salinity driven order-disorder transition. Analysis and interpretation of the intrinsic viscosity, light scattering and optical activity data as a function of the treatment the samples underwent after the fermentation step show that xanthan can exist under a single or a double strand. This suggests that apparent discrepancies concerning the xanthan structure and solution properties may originate from differences in salinities and temperatures of the treatments that the samples underwent.
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Muller, G., Lecourtier, J., Chauveteau, G. (1988). Single and Double Structure of Xanthan. In: Lemstra, P.J., Kleintjens, L.A. (eds) Integration of Fundamental Polymer Science and Technology—2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1361-5_29
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