Optimization and Characterization of Exopolysaccharide from Marine Soil Bacteria Maheswari P.1,*, Kumar K. Arjun1, Sankaralingam S.2, Sivakumar N.3 1Department of Microbiology, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India 2Department of Botany, Saraswathi Narayanan College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India 3School of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India *Corresponding Author E-mail: mahes02@gmail.com
Online published on 4 July, 2020. Abstract Exopolysaccharides are sugar containing compounds that are produced inside the bacteria and secreted into the outer environment. Mainly they are the capsular materials of the bacteria being acting as protective layer in bacteria. Polysaccharides are said to have various applications in the field of medicine, food, agriculture and so on. The polysaccharide producing bacteria was obtained from the marine sediment region and was optimized for its production in the media. The mass production yielded about 2grams of polysaccharide. The polysaccharide was characterized using FT -IR, XRD and GC – MS. Top Keywords Exopolysaccharide, optimization, mass production, FT -IR, XRD and GC – MS. Top |