To, Date: 17/03/2020

The,
Editor-In-Chief
Biomolecules

Dear Sir,

Enclosed is our manuscript,

“β-glucan Extraction from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aspergillus oryzae,
Xanthomonas campestris and Bacillus natto”
by Gemilang Lara Utama, Casey Dio, Joko Sulistyo, Fook Yee Chye, Indira Lanti Kayaputri, Elazmanawati
Lembong, Yana Cahyana, Roostita Lobo Balia

which we would like to submit for publication as a Article in Special Issue Function of Microorganism
for Food Production in Biomolecules of MDPI. The present article discusses the potential of -glucan
extraction from various microorganisms for food products. In this context, we believe and hope that our
manuscript would high impact on the readers of ‘Biomolecules’ and will be helpful in presenting new
ideas for all those scientists, researchers, academicians, and industrial peoples, who have association with
field. Please address all correspondence to e-mail id: g.l.utama@unpad.ac.id

We confirm that this manuscript is not submitted or under consideration in any other journal. The
manuscript is prepared strictly according to the journal format as provided in the instruction to authors,
and there is no conflict of interest. All co-authors have approved the manuscript and agree with its
submission to Biomolecules.

The authors would like to thank you for your consideration and for your insightful comments on
our recent submission to the Journal. We look forward to hearing from you at per your earliest
convenience on the decision of our manuscript publication.

Yours’ faithfully
Gemilang Lara Utama
Food Industrial Technology Department,
Faculty of Agro-Industrial Technology
Universitas Padjadjaran,
Jl. Raya Bandung Sumedang Km.21 Jatinangor, Sumedang
West Java, Indonesia, 45363
Telephone: +6281220272894
Email: lugemilang@gmail.com,
g.l.utama@unpad.ac.id