Identification of key constituents and structure of the extracellular polymeric substances excreted by bacillus megaterium TF10 for their flocculation capacity

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1152-1157

  Yuan, Shi Jie ^a   Sun, Min ^a,b   Sheng, Guo Ping ^a   Li, Yin ^c   Li, Wen Wei ^a   Yao, Ri Sheng ^b   Yu, Han Qing ^a  

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

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BIOFLOCCULATION; BRIDGING MECHANISM; CELL LYSIS; DIFFUSION CHARACTER; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; LONG CHAINS; MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS; NMR ANALYSIS; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; SIDE CHAINS; SOIL SAMPLE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; URONIC ACIDS;

BACILLI; BACTERIOLOGY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; POLYSACCHARIDES; ZETA POTENTIAL;

FLOCCULATION;

ACEXAMIC ACID; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHAMNOSE; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URONIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CELL ORGANELLE; FLOCCULATION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMER; PROTEIN; SOIL TYPE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLOCCULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; FLOCCULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM;

EID: 79851490470     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1030905     Document Type: Article

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