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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 142, Issue -, Pages 91-97Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2016.01.029
Keywords
Lactic acid bacteria; EPS; SEC-MALLS; Intrinsic viscosity; Persistence length
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- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NT Faculty grant) [81726300]
- Norwegian Research Council [221576 (Marpol)]
- Swedish Research Council
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Three water-soluble, non-ionic extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) obtained from lactic acid bacteria (S. thermophilus THS, L. helveticus K16 and S. thermophilus ST1) were subjected to a comparative study by means of multidetector size-exclusion chromatography, providing distributions and averages of molar masses, radii of gyration and intrinsic viscosities. All polysaccharides displayed random coil character. Further analysis of the data reveals differences in chain stiffness and extension that could be well correlated to structural features. The calculated persistence lengths ranged from 5 to 10 nm and fall within the range typical for many single-stranded bacterial or plant polysaccharides. The ST1 polysaccharide had the highest molar mass but the lowest persistence length, which is attributed to the presence of the flexible (1 6)-linkage in the main chain. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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