Extraction of extracellular polymeric substances from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas acidophila

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 125-130

  Sheng, Guo Ping ^a   Yu, Han Qing ^a   Yu, Zhou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Hefei Industrial University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CARBOHYDRATES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MONITORING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS; PROTEINS;

CELL LYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES (EPS); PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS ACIDOPHILA;

EXTRACTION;

CARBOHYDRATE; EDETIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID; PIGMENT; POLYMER; PROTEIN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; MICROBIOLOGY;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; EXTRACTION; HEATING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; SPECTROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPOLYMERS; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; EDETIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOTOBACTERIA; RHODOBLASTUS ACIDOPHILUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 17444431921     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-004-1704-5     Document Type: Article

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