Authors: Nadja Radchenkova Spasen Vassilev Ivan Panchev Gianluca Anzelmo Iva Tomova Barbara Nicolaus Margarita Kuncheva Kaloyan Petrov Margarita Kambourova
Publish Date: 2013/06/30
Volume: 171, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-43
Abstract
Synthesis of innovative exocellular polysaccharides EPSs was reported for few thermophilic microorganisms as one of the mechanisms for surviving at high temperature Thermophilic aerobic sporeforming bacteria able to produce exopolysaccharides were isolated from hydrothermal springs in Bulgaria They were referred to four species such as Aeribacillus pallidus Geobacillus toebii Brevibacillus thermoruber and Anoxybacillus kestanbolensis The highest production was established for the strain 418 whose phylogenetic and phenotypic properties referred it to the species A pallidus Maltose and NH4Cl were observed to be correspondingly the best carbon and nitrogen sources and production yield was increased more than twofold in the process of culture condition optimization After purification of the polymer fraction a presence of two different EPSs electroneutral EPS 1 and negatively charged EPS 2 in a relative weight ratio 322 was established They were heteropolysaccharides consisting of unusual high variety of sugars six for EPS 1 and seven for EPS 2 Six of the sugars were common for both EPSs The main sugar in EPS 1 was mannose 693 smaller quantities of glucose 112 galactosamine 63 glucosamine 54 galactose 47 and ribose 29 were also identified The main sugar in EPS 2 was also mannose 339 followed by galactose 179 glucose 155 galactosamine 117 glucosamine 81 ribose 53 and arabinose 49 Both polymers showed high molecular weight and high thermostability
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