The thermophilic bacterium Bacillus thermoantarcticus produces two exocellular polysaccharides (EPS 1 and EPS 2), which can be obtained from the supernatant of liquid cultures by cold-ethanol precipitation, in yields as high as 400 mg liter(sup-1). The EPS fraction was produced with all substrates tested, although a higher yield was obtained with mannose as the carbon and energy source. The EPS...

In the past 25 years EPs have been paid particular attention, thanks to the pioneering studies of Jacob Hoeksema (for instance, Hoeksema 1987). Presently, we already dispose of in-depth studies about the semantics of EPs (Moltmann 1995, Lappin 1996, Garcia Álvarez 2008). As for grammatical aspects of EPs, they came under focus more recently. A peculiar direction of research stimulated by the pa...

Many bacteria biosynthesize structurally diverse exopolysaccharides (EPS) and excrete them into their surrounding environment. The EPS functional features have found many applications in industries such as cosmetics and pharmaceutics. In particular, some EPS produced by marine bacteria are composed of uronic acids, neutral sugars, and N-acetylhexosamines, and may also bear some functional sulfa...

Most of the Gram-positive bacteria, including lactic acid bacteria, produce exopolysaccharides (EPS). EPS are either excreted into the growth medium (slime) or attached to the bacterial cell wall (capsules). They are long-chain, high molecular carbohydrate polymers. In dairy industry, EPS producing cultures provide the fermentation produced with viscosity, stability and water binding functions....

Intertidal areas support extensive diatom-rich biofilms. Such microphytobenthic (MPB) diatoms exude large quantities of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) comprising polysaccharides, glycoproteins and other biopolymers, which represent a substantial carbon pool. However, degradation rates of different EPS components, and how they shape heterotrophic communities in sediments, are not well ...

Electric Power Steering (Abbr. EPS) is a full electric system which reduces the amount of steering effort by directly applying the output from an electric motor to the steering system and has attracted much attention for their advantages. The constitutions and working principle of EPS system was introduced. Through the control requirements in EPS system, the MAS-based EPS control strategy and a...

There was not available data about the overlap between functional dyspepsia (FD) and pancreatic diseases. We aimed to determine whether epigastric pain syndrome (EPS) accompanying with pancreatic enzyme abnormalities were associated with early chronic pancreatitis proposed by Japan Pancreas Society (JPS) using endosonography. We enrolled 99 consecutive patients presenting with typical symptoms ...

The potential of Lactobacillus rhamnosus R for producing exopolysaccharide (EPS) when grown on basal minimum medium supplemented with glucose or lactose was investigated. EPS production by L. rhamnosus R is partially growth associated and about 500 mg of EPS per liter was synthesized with both sugars. The product yield coefficient (Y(EPS/S)) was 3.15 (0.0315 g of EPS [g of lactose](-1)) and 2.8...

Microorganisms exploit extracellular electron transfer (EET) in growth and information exchange with external environments or with other cells. Every microbial cell is surrounded by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Understanding the roles of three-dimensional (3D) EPS in EET is essential in microbiology and microbial exploitation for mineral bio-respiration, pollutant conversion, and b...