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A new screening technique was used to isolate the bacterium Sphingomonas paucimobilis E2 (DSM 6314), which produces the exopolysaccharide gellan. The productivity was found to be about four times higher than that of the industrially used strain Auromonas elodea (ATCC 31461) it was isolated from. The polysaccharide formation was found to be predominantly growth-related.
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Lobas, D., Schumpe, S. & Deckwer, W.D. The production of gellan exopolysaccharide with Sphingomonas paucimobilis E2 (DSM 6314). Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 37, 411–415 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00180959
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