PRODUCTION OF AN EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE FROM 2 THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEA BELONGING TO THE GENUS SULFOLOBUS

Authors
NICOLAUS B MANCA MC ROMANO I LAMA L
Citation
B. Nicolaus et al., PRODUCTION OF AN EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE FROM 2 THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEA BELONGING TO THE GENUS SULFOLOBUS, FEMS microbiology letters, 109(2-3), 1993, pp. 203-206
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
FEMS microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781097
Volume
109
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
203 - 206
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1097(1993)109:2-3<203:POAEF2>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Two thermophilic archaea belonging to the genus Sulfolobus, grown on g lucose, produced an extracellular polysaccharide (EPS). The production of EPS conducted both in 90 1 fermentor and in batch culture reached the maximum during the stationary phase of growth. The chemical analys is (FT-IR, HPAE-PAD, UV, Optical Rotation) of the biopolymer and of it s acid hydrolizate suggested glucose, mannose, glucosamine and galacto se as major components of the sulfated heteropolysaccharide.