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  • Title: Mauran, an exopolysaccharide produced by the halophilic bacterium Halomonas maura, with a novel composition and interesting properties for biotechnology.
    Author: Arias S, del Moral A, Ferrer MR, Tallon R, Quesada E, Béjar V.
    Journal: Extremophiles; 2003 Aug; 7(4):319-26. PubMed ID: 12910391.
    Abstract:
    Mauran is an anionic, sulfated heteropolysaccharide with a high uronic-acid content, synthesized by strain S-30 of the halophilic bacterium Halomonas maura. Under optimum environmental and nutritional conditions, it is capable of producing up to 3.8 g of mauran per liter of medium. Aqueous solutions of mauran are highly viscous and display pseudoplastic, viscoelastic and thixotropic behavior. Its viscosity is stable over a wide pH range (3-11), after freezing-thawing processes, and in the presence of sucrose, salts, surfactants and alpha-hydroxyl acids. It has a high capacity for binding lead and other cations. Its molecular mass when collected from an MY medium supplemented with 2.5% w/v salt during the stationary growth phase is 4.7x10(6) Da.
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