Bacterial exopolysaccharides from extreme marine habitats: Production, characterization and biological activities

Marine Drugs

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1779-1802

  Poli, Annarita ^a   Anzelmo, Gianluca ^a,b   Nicolaus, Barbara ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological activity; Chemical composition; Exopolysaccharides; Extremophiles; Marine bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CARRAGEENAN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DERMATAN SULFATE; DEXTRAN SULFATE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE 2; FUCOIDIN; HEPARIN; MANNAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANNELID WORM; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLD CLIMATE; DEEP SEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FRACTURE HEALING; HABITAT QUALITY; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MARINE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SALINITY; SALT LAKE; SEA ICE; SYMBIOSIS; THERMAL SPRING; VOLCANO;

ANNELIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77954235938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md8061779     Document Type: Review

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