exopolysaccharide

Examples of exopolysaccharide in the following topics:

• Glycocalyx

  • Specifically, this consists mostly of exopolysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids.

• Industrial Microorganisms

  • The bacterial species which are classified under Xanthomonas exhibit the ability to produce the acidic exopolysaccharide commonly marketed as xanthan gum, used as a thickening and stabilizing agent in foods and in cosmetic ingredients to prevent separation.

• Extremophiles and Biofilms

  • Interactions among the organisms that populate a biofilm, together with their protective exopolysaccharidic (EPS) environment, make these communities more robust than free-living, or planktonic, prokaryotes.