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THE property of forming levan from sucrose is rather common among Bacillus species1 and is also found in Streptococcus salivarius 2 and Aerobacter levanicum 3,4 Further, levan is produced by many phytopathogenic Pseudomonas and Xanthomonas species5,6, and is said to be formed by Pseudomonas betae-gelatae 7, isolated from thawing sugar-beets. However, no mention has been made of levan-producing Pseudomonas species isolated from other than diseased or killed plant material.
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FUCHS, A. Synthesis of Levan by Pseudomonads. Nature 178, 921 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178921a0
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