
%0 Journal Article
%A Nicholson, RI 
%A Lilienthal, B 
%T Formation of a Polysaccharide in Sugar-Cane
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1959/06/01
%V 12
%N 2
%P 192-203
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9590192
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9590192 
%X The isolation of a polysaccharide from harvested, stored sugar-cane is described. The polysaccharide is characterized by a low content of 1,6-linkages (29 per cent. approx.) and a relatively high content of 1,4-linkages (60 per cent. approx.) which values are unusual for a dextran. It is susceptible to attack by certain amylases, yielding oligosaccharides, This type of polysaccharide has been isolated only from sugar-cane and the Leuconostoc associated with it yields normal dextran when cultured under a variety of conditions. 
