Abstract
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are the vital part of the biomass. EPS may be of bacterial origin along with the bacterial lysis product or they are molecules from the wastewater adsorbed on bacterial cells. There are both physical and chemical methods for the extraction of the EPS from the bacteria. EPS are composed of diverse organic compounds and the composition of EPS depends on the nature of aggregates.
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Senthilkumar, M., Amaresan, N., Sankaranarayanan, A. (2021). Extraction of Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) from Bacteria. In: Plant-Microbe Interactions. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1080-0_34
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