“…For example, a strong correlation can be made between the specificity of a bacterial organism's BE, the structure of its glycogen, the relative digestibility of the glycogen, and the organism's propensity to live in harsher, less nutrient-rich environments [6,12,13]. A number of studies have shed light on this relationship in a wide variety of bacterial organisms, including E. coli [14,15], Synechocystis [16], Agrobacterium tumefaciens [17], Rhodococcus [18], Vibrio vulnificus [19,20], and Galdieria sulphuraria [21,22]. Branching enzymes have also found use in a number of commercial applications, and branch transfer length is of key importance in these applications as well [23].…”