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Fungal Exopolymeric Substances and Their Applications

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Exopolymeric substances that are also known as extracellular polymeric substances, extracellular polysaccharides, exopolymers, and exopolysaccharides are produced by various microorganisms. They primarily include polysaccharides, lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins. Exopolymeric substances protect microorganisms from various environmental stresses. Exopolymeric substances have unique characteristics. Some of the functional properties of them include adhesion, aggregation, binding activity, energy and nutrient source, water retention, and sorption. One of the exopolymeric substances is fungal exopolymeric substances. The fungal exopolysaccharides are pullulan, scleroglucan, fungal β-glucans, botryosphaeran, and others. The fungal exopolymeric substances are valuable products because of their different application areas such as industries of medical, cosmetic, food, wastewater treatment and agriculture.

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Topal, M., Arslan Topal, E.I. (2022). Fungal Exopolymeric Substances and Their Applications. In: Deshmukh, S.K., Deshpande, M.V., Sridhar, K.R. (eds) Fungal Biopolymers and Biocomposites. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1000-5_4

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