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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1983 August; 46(2): 392-399
Copyright © 1983, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Characterization of Two Extracellular Polysaccharides from Marine Bacteria

Biology Department, Nova Scotia Research Foundation Corporation, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2Y 3Z7

ABSTRACT

Two bacterial isolates from the intertidal zone produced significant quantities of extracellular polysaccharide with interesting properties. One polysaccharide was named PS 3a24; the other was named PS 3a35. The relative proportion of sugars in PS 3a35 was 51.6% glucose, 39.0% galactose, 3.1% mannose, and 6.3% rhamnose, with a trace of an unidentified sugar. PS 3a24 was composed of 40.2% glucose, 57.2% galactose, and 2.6% mannose. PS 3a35 contained 6% pyruvate, whereas PS 3a24 contained no pyruvate. Both exhibited high specific viscosity, pseudoplasticity, and stability over a wide range of pH in the presence of a variety of salts. The viscosity of PS 3a35 was relatively insensitive to increasing temperature, whereas that of PS 3a24 showed an irreversible drop on heating.