Alginate production is frequently referred to as mucoidy because colonies producing alginate have a wet glistening (mucoid) appearance, which is very different from that of colonies not producing alginate. Most of the alginate biosynthetic genes are clustered in the algD operon. Alginate production is highly regulated. Regulatory genes are located in two areas far removed from the biosynthetic genes, with one exception algC. ...
Alginate production is frequently referred to as mucoidy because colonies producing alginate have a wet glistening (mucoid) appearance, which is very different from that of colonies not producing alginate. Most of the alginate biosynthetic genes are clustered in the algD operon. Alginate production is highly regulated. Regulatory genes are located in two areas far removed from the biosynthetic genes, with one exception algC. ...