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Bacterial Exopolysaccharides: Functionality and Prospects
Diverse structural, functional and valuable polysaccharides are synthesized by bacteria of all taxa and secreted into the external environment. These polysaccharides are referred to as exopolysaccharides and they may either be homopolymeric or heteropolymeric in composition and of diverse high molec...
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Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3509562/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23203046 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms131114002 |
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author | Nwodo, Uchechukwu U. Green, Ezekiel Okoh, Anthony I. |
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description | Diverse structural, functional and valuable polysaccharides are synthesized by bacteria of all taxa and secreted into the external environment. These polysaccharides are referred to as exopolysaccharides and they may either be homopolymeric or heteropolymeric in composition and of diverse high molecular weights (10 to 1000 kDa). The material properties of exopolysaccharides have revolutionized the industrial and medical sectors due to their retinue of functional applications and prospects. These applications have been extensive in areas such as pharmacological, nutraceutical, functional food, cosmeceutical, herbicides and insecticides among others, while prospects includes uses as anticoagulant, antithrombotic, immunomodulation, anticancer and as bioflocculants. Due to the extensive applications of bacterial exopolysaccharides, this overview provides basic information on their physiologic and morphologic functions as well as their applications and prospects in the medical and industrial sectors. |
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spelling | pubmed-35095622013-01-09 Bacterial Exopolysaccharides: Functionality and Prospects Nwodo, Uchechukwu U. Green, Ezekiel Okoh, Anthony I. Int J Mol Sci Review Diverse structural, functional and valuable polysaccharides are synthesized by bacteria of all taxa and secreted into the external environment. These polysaccharides are referred to as exopolysaccharides and they may either be homopolymeric or heteropolymeric in composition and of diverse high molecular weights (10 to 1000 kDa). The material properties of exopolysaccharides have revolutionized the industrial and medical sectors due to their retinue of functional applications and prospects. These applications have been extensive in areas such as pharmacological, nutraceutical, functional food, cosmeceutical, herbicides and insecticides among others, while prospects includes uses as anticoagulant, antithrombotic, immunomodulation, anticancer and as bioflocculants. Due to the extensive applications of bacterial exopolysaccharides, this overview provides basic information on their physiologic and morphologic functions as well as their applications and prospects in the medical and industrial sectors. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2012-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3509562/ /pubmed/23203046 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms131114002 Text en © 2012 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0). |
spellingShingle | Review Nwodo, Uchechukwu U. Green, Ezekiel Okoh, Anthony I. Bacterial Exopolysaccharides: Functionality and Prospects |
title | Bacterial Exopolysaccharides: Functionality and Prospects |
title_full | Bacterial Exopolysaccharides: Functionality and Prospects |
title_fullStr | Bacterial Exopolysaccharides: Functionality and Prospects |
title_full_unstemmed | Bacterial Exopolysaccharides: Functionality and Prospects |
title_short | Bacterial Exopolysaccharides: Functionality and Prospects |
title_sort | bacterial exopolysaccharides: functionality and prospects |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3509562/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23203046 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms131114002 |
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