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Microbiol Sci. 1986 Jan;3(1):5-9.

Industrially useful microbial polysaccharides.

Microbiological sciences

I W Sutherland

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Edinburgh University, UK.

PMID: 3153140

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.

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