Bacterial Exopolysaccharides as Reducing and/or Stabilizing Agents during Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles with Biomedical Applications

Table 1

Main bacterial EPS and the bacteria that produce them.

Exopolysaccharide	Bacteria	Reference
Xanthan gum	Xanthomonas	[10, 17]
Dextran	Leuconostoc, Streptococcus, and Lactobacillus	[10, 18]
Curdlan	Alcaligenes faecalis	[19]
Gellan gum	Sphingomonas	[20]
Cellulose	Gluconacetobacter, Agrobacterium, Aerobacter, Achromobacter, Azotobacter, Rhizobium, Sarcina, and Salmonella	[21]
Levan	Zymomonas, Pseudomonas, Mycobacterium, Corynebacterium, Erwinia, Bacillus, and Azotobacter	[22, 23]
Succinoglycan	Rhizobium, Alcaligenes, Pseudomonas, and Agrobacterium	[10, 24]
FucoPol	Enterobacter A47	[25]
GalactoPol	Pseudomonas oleovorans aNRRL B-14682	[26]