467-471An exopolysaccharide producing marine
bacterium, Enterobacter cloacae, was isolated from marine sediment
collected from Gujarat coast, India.
Chemical investigation of exopolysaccharide (EPS 71 a) revealed that this
exopolysaccharide was an acidic polysaccharide containing high amount of uronic
acid, fucose and sulfate which is rare for bacterial exopolysaccharides. EPS
71a was found to have fucose, galactose, glucose and glucuronic acid in a molar
ratio of 2:1:1:1