Table 5 Comparative table of EPS production and composition by halophilic archaea.

From: Production, characterization, and genomic insights of a human lectin-binding exopolysaccharide from Haloarcula japonica strain SST1

Strain

Isolation source

Carbon source

Growth time

EP

yield (mg L−1)

EPS molecular mass (kDa)

chemical composition (relative ratio)

References

H. japonica SST1

Salt stone, Armenia

Sucrose

120

628.38

900

Glc/Gal/Man

(1:0.85:0.39)

This study

H. japonica T5

Marine saltern, Tunisia

Glucose

240

370

NR

Man/Gal/GlcA

(2:1:3)

31

H. japonica T6

Marine saltern, Tunisia

Glucose

240

45

NR

Man/Gal/Glc

(1:0.2:0.2)

H. japonica T7

Marine saltern, Tunisia

Glucose

240

35

H. hispanica ATCC33960

Solar saltern,

Spain,

Complex media

NR

30

1.1 × 103

Man/Gal/Glc

(55.9:43.2:0.9)

71

Halococcus sp., AMS12

Marine sediment, India

Complex media

120

3172

NR

NR

72

H. gibbonsii ATCC 33959

Solar saltern, Spain

Complex media

NR

NR

NR

Rha/Man/Glc/Gal (1:2:1:3)

25

Haloferax mucosum DSM 27191

Microbial mat, Australia

Yeast extract and glucose

96

7150

152

NR

27

H. mediterranei

ATCC 33500

Salt pond,

Spain

Glucose

NR

300

NR

Man/2-amino-2-deoxy-GlcA

(1.0:1.1)

23

H. denitrificans ATCC 35960

Solar saltern,

USA

Glucose

NR

NR

NR

GlcpA2,3NAc/Gal

(3:1)

30

H. turkmenica

DSM-5511

Salt soil crust, Turkmenistan

Glucose

168

206.8

801.7 and 206.0

Glc/GlcN/GlcA/Gal/GalN (1:0.65:0.24:0.22:0.02)

26

Halorubrum sp. TBZ112

Urmia Lake,

Northwest Iran

Glucose

216

480

5.052

Man/GlcN/GalA/ Ara/GlcA/Xyl/Gal/ Glc/Rib/Rha

(1:0.78:0.77:0.61:0.6:0.38:0.33:0.3:0.14:0.09|)

29

  1. NR, not reported; Man, mannose; Gal, galactose; Ara, arabinose; Glc, glucose; GlcN, glucosamine; GalN, galactosamine; Rib, ribose; Xyl, xylose; Rha, rhamnose; GlcA, glucuronic acid; GalA, galacturonic acid; 2-amino-2-deoxy-GlcA, 2-amino-2-deoxy-glucuronic acid; GlcpA2,3Nac, 2,3-diacetamido-2,3-dideoxy-d-glucopyranosiduronic acid.