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Biochemical characterization of cyanobacterial extracellular polymers (EPS) from modern marine stromatolites
1Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA.
Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology
|November 7, 2000
Abstract:
A range of biochemical characterizations were used to examine the extracellular polymeric secretions (EPS) of two cyanobacteria, Synechocystis sp. and Oscillatoria sp., isolated from marine stromatolites, Bahamas. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was successfully used to fractionate proteins in EPS. The results suggest that cyanobacterial EPS is composed of a network of macromolecules having different biochemical properties, which may contribute to extracellular functions.