title: Industrially useful microbial polysaccharides.
abstract: A number of microbial exopolysaccharides possess properties of industrial importance, especially as viscosifiers and gelling agents. This group of biopolymers is diverse in its chemical composition and structure; it includes both anionic and neutral polysaccharides, most of which are of bacterial origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Edinburgh University, UK.
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Sutherland
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D001704:Biopolymers; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; C002563:xanthan gum