Evaluation of the Efficiency of Ethanol Precipitation and Ultrafiltration on the Purification and Characteristics of Exopolysaccharides Produced by Three Lactic Acid Bacteria

Table 3

Sugar composition and molar ratio of exopolysaccharides isolated from the three studied strains (SLT10, C7, and B3).

Strains	Monomers	Molar ratio		Mol ()
		EPS-ETOH	EPS-UF	EPS-ETOH	EPS-UF
Lc. Lactococcus SLT10	Glucose	0.47±0.033	0.58±0.0001	1.97±0.008	8.46±0.35
	Mannose	1	1	4.15±0.27	14.59±0.6
	Rhamnose	-	0.18±0.002	-	2.48±0.13
	Total			6.13±0.264	25.55±1.09
Lb. plantarum C7	Glucose	0.607±0.162	4.07±0.82	3.34±1.31	13.36±8.11
	Mannose	1	1	6.01 ± 3.77	8.98±7.73
	Total			9.35 ± 5.09	22.34±2.73
Ln. mesenteroides B3	Glucose	0.61± 0.02	3.48± 0.02	1.97± 0.167	13.35± .09
	Mannose	1	1	3.21 ±0.38	3.85 ±0.62
	Total			5.19 ±0.54	17.20 ±2.72