Amounts of soluble polymers isolated from axenic diatom cultures
| Range | Table - link μg EPS/μg chlorophyll |
|---|---|
| Organism | Diatoms |
| Reference | Bruckner CG, Rehm C, Grossart HP, Kroth PG. Growth and release of extracellular organic compounds by benthic diatoms depend on interactions with bacteria. Environ Microbiol. 2011 Apr13(4):1052-63. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02411.x. p.1054 table 2PubMed ID21244599 |
| Comments | EPS=Extracellular polymeric substance or Exopolysaccharide. By analysing EPS production in diatom/bacteria co-cultures and in axenic diatom cultures exclusively treated with bacterial spent medium researchers found that bacteria or their spent medium strongly affected EPS content. See note above table. |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 107224 |