Research Article
Production of Extracellular Polymeric Substances by Halophilic Bacteria of Solar Salterns
Table 6
Screening of halophilic bacterial isolates derived from water 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 | 40 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | Kandla Port | 26 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | Khari Rohar | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — | Victor Port | 27 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| Orissa | Humma | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | — | Surala | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | — |
| West Bengal | Baksal | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | — | Dadanpatrabar | 25 | 8 | 14 | 3 | — |
| Total | | 177 | 74 | 77 | 21 | 5 |
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