“Exopolymer”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

An exopolymer is a biopolymer that is secreted by an organism into the environment (i.e. external to the organism). These exopolymers include the biofilms produced by bacteria to anchor them and protect them from environmental conditions.^[1] One type of expolymer, Transparent Exopolymers (TEP), found in both marine and aquatic ecosystems, are planktonic acidic polysaccharides of a gel-like consistency, originally defined by their ability to be stained visible by acidic Alcian Blue.^[2] Their free-floating characteristic sets TEPs aside from other extracellular polymeric substance subgroups where exopolymers exists as cell coating, dissolved slime or as part of biofilm matrices.^[3]

1. ^{{Cite journal| last1 = Cho | first1 = J. C.| last2 = Vergin | first2 = K. L.| last3 = Morris | first3 = R. M.| last4 = Giovannoni | first4 = S. J.| title = Lentisphaera araneosa gen. Nov., sp. Nov, a transparent exopolymer producing marine bacterium, and the description of a novel bacterial phylum, Lentisphaerae| journal = Environmental Microbiology| volume = 6| issue = 6| pages = 611–621| year = 2004| pmid = 15142250| doi = 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00614.x}}
2. ^{{Cite journal|last=Bar-Zeev|first=Edo|last2=Passow|first2=Uta|last3=Romero-Vargas Castrillón|first3=Santiago|last4=Elimelech|first4=Menachem|date=2015-01-20|title=Transparent Exopolymer Particles: From Aquatic Environments and Engineered Systems to Membrane Biofouling|url=https://doi.org/10.1021/es5041738|journal=Environmental Science & Technology|volume=49|issue=2|pages=691–707|doi=10.1021/es5041738|issn=0013-936X}}
3. ^{{Cite journal|date=2002-11-01|title=Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP) in aquatic environments|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0079661102001386|journal=Progress in Oceanography|language=en|volume=55|issue=3-4|pages=287–333|doi=10.1016/S0079-6611(02)00138-6|issn=0079-6611}}

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