Research Article
Production of Extracellular Polymeric Substances by Halophilic Bacteria of Solar Salterns
Table 5
Screening of halophilic bacterial isolates derived from soil samples for the production of extracellular polymeric substances.
| | States |
Sampling sites | Number of isolates | Extracellular polymeric substances (g/L) | | >0.50 | 0.51–0.70 | 0.71–1.0 | >1.0 |
| | Gujarat | Jogrinar | 71 | 18 | 42 | 7 | 4 | | Kandla Port | 35 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 2 | | Khari Rohar | 68 | 26 | 31 | 11 | — | | Victor Port | 25 | 20 | 3 | 2 | — |
| | Orissa | Humma | 62 | 22 | 37 | 3 | — | | Surala | 64 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 9 |
| | West Bengal | Baksal | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | — | | Dadanpatrabar | 55 | 32 | 21 | 2 | — |
| | Total | | 410 | 160 | 184 | 51 | 15 |
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