The Alterations of Biofilm Formation and EPS Characteristics of a Diatom by a Sponge-Associated Bacterium Psychrobacter sp.

Table 3

Monosaccharide composition for EPS fractions prepared from untreated diatom Stauroneis sp.

Fractions	Monosaccharides (mol%)
	Man	GlcN	Rha	Glc-A	Glc-NAc	Glc	Gal	Xyl	Fuc
SL-EPS	14.8	10.4	0	12.2	0.8	2.9	15.5	37.0	6.6
F-TB-EPS	4.0	7.9	13.0	10.9	1.1	37.9	24.1	0	1.2
BF-LB-EPS	23.2	16.1	0	2.4	11.7	13.6	13.9	13.0	6.1
BF-TB-EPS	17.8	1.9	0.6	1.9	0.1	61.0	14.9	0.7	0.9

Mole percentage (mol%) of each monosaccharide was calculated on the basis of HPLC profiles of each fractions, and data represent the average of duplicate experiments.