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Production and chemical characterization of an exopolysaccharide synthesized by psychrophilic yeast strain Sporobolomyces salmonicolor AL1 isolated from Livingston Island, Antarctica

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The exopolysaccharide (EPS) production by psychrophilic Antarctic yeast Sporobolomyces salmonicolor AL1 reached the maximum yield in medium containing sucrose (50 g/L) and diammonium sulfate (2.5 g/L) after a 5-d fermentation (5.64 g/L) at 22 °C, the dynamic viscosity of the culture broth reaching (after 5 d) 15.4 mPa s. EPS showed a mannan-like structure and high molar mass, and did not affect cellular viability and proliferation of murine macrophages. It exhibited also a protective effect against the toxic activity of Avarol.

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Abbreviations

DBB:

Diazonium Blue B

EPS(s):

exopolysaccharide(s)

HPAE-PAD:

high pressure anion exchange-pulsed amperometric detector

MEOR:

microbial enhanced oil recovery

TLC:

thin layer chromatography

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  1. Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, 80078, Pozzuoli, Italy

    A. Poli, G. Anzelmo, G. Tommonaro, A. Casaburi & B. Nicolaus

  2. Department of Microbial Biosynthesis and Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 4002, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

    K. Pavlova

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Poli, A., Anzelmo, G., Tommonaro, G. et al. Production and chemical characterization of an exopolysaccharide synthesized by psychrophilic yeast strain Sporobolomyces salmonicolor AL1 isolated from Livingston Island, Antarctica. Folia Microbiol 55, 576–581 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12223-010-0092-8

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