R. Kurane et Y. Nohata, A NEW WATER-ABSORBING POLYSACCHARIDE FROM ALCALIGENES LATUS .2. BIOPOLYMER FROM ALCALIGENES LATUS, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 58(2), 1994, pp. 235-238
Alcaligenes latus was used to produce a new poly-sacchardide bioabsorb
ent that can absorb water at more than 1,000 times its own weight, app
roximately 5 times greater than that of currently used commercially av
ailable synthetic high polymer absorbents. In addition, its water abso
rption capacity in the presence of NaCl was high when compared to synt
hetic polymers, with its moisture retention capacity in dry environmen
ts also found to be superior. This bioabsorbent is a polysaccharide.