Biosynthesis of Extracellular Polymeric Substances by the Marine Bacterium Saccharophagus degradans under Different Nutritional Conditions

Table 3

Biomass and product formation yields from the different C sources used by S. degradans growing on BM medium (two replicates).

Carbon source
Glucose	0.17 ± 0.06	0.56 ± 0.11	0.30 ± 0.05
Galactose	0.10 ± 0.04	0.26 ± 0.07	0.37 ± 0.04
Sucrose	0.09 ± 0.02	0.36 ± 0.09	0.26 ± 0.00
Fructose	0.05 ± 0.01	0.40 ± 0.12	0.33 ± 0.03
Starch	0.18 ± 0.06	0.63 ± 0.01	0.28 ± 0.10
Xylose	0.12 ± 0.01	0.53 ± 0.13	0.23 ± 0.07

= g EPS produced/g carbon source consumed.
= g EPS produced/g biomass produced.
= g biomass produced/g carbon source consumed.