title: Properties of an extracellular polysaccharide produced by a strain of enterobacter isolated from pond water.
abstract: A bacterium which was isolated from pond water and identified as Enterobacter cloacae produced a viscous extracellular polysaccharide when it was grown aerobically in a medium containing sucrose as a sole source of carbon. The maximum molecular weight of the polysaccharide was about 9.0 x 10(5). The polysaccharide was composed of fucose, galactose, glucose, and glucuronic acid in a molar ratio of 2:3:2:1, but the molecular weight and the molar ratio of the sugar component were different from those of the polysaccharide produced by the same species reported elsewhere.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Japan. isobe@edu.mie-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokoigawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawai
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003470:Culture Media; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000737:chemistry*; D005618:Fresh Water; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014783:Viscosity; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D011134:Polysaccharides