Exopolysaccharides from antarctic bacteria

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• Effects of incubation temperature on growth and production of exopolysaccharides by an Antarctic sea ice bacterium grown in batch culture Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2005 (Ref: 13520)
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  Mancuso Nichols C.Bowman J.P.Guézennec J.
  Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

  The sea ice microbial community plays a key role in the productivity of the Southern Ocean. Exopolysaccharide … (EPS) is a major component of the exopolymer secreted by many marine bacteria to enhance survival … and is abundant in sea ice brine channels, but little is known about its function there.

• Olleya marilimosa gen. nov., sp. nov., an exopolysaccharide-producing marine bacterium from the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from the Southern Ocean International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2005 (Ref: 13519)
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  Mancuso Nichols C.Bowman J.P.Guézennec J.
  Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
• Bacterial exopolysaccharides from extreme marine environments with special consideration of the Southern Ocean, sea ice and hydrothermal vents: A review Marine Biotechnology, 2005 (Ref: 13518)
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  Mancuso Nichols C.A.Guézennec J.Bowman J.P.
  Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

  Exopolysaccharides (EPSs) are high molecular weight … carbohydrate polymers that make up a substantial … component of the extracellular polymers surrounding … most microbial cells in the marine environment.

• Production of exopolysaccharides by Antarctic marine bacterial isolates Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2004 (Ref: 13517)
  Authors:

  Mancuso Nichols C.A.Garon S.Bowman J.P.Raguénès G.Guézennec J.
  Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

  Aims: This study was undertaken to examine and characterize Antarctic marine bacterial isolates and the … exopolysaccharides (EPS) they produce in laboratory culture. Methods and Results:

• Chemical characterization of exopolysaccharides from Antarctic marine bacteria Microbial Ecology, 2005 (Ref: 13516)
  Authors:

  Mancuso Nichols C.Garon Lardière S.Bowman J.P.Nichols P.D.Gibson J.A.E.Guézennec J.
  Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

  Exopolysaccharides (EPS) may have an important role in … the Antarctic marine environment, possibly acting as ligands … for trace metal nutrients such as iron or providing … cryoprotection for growth at low temperature and high … salinity. Ten bacterial strains…