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. 2010 Mar 12;76(9):2916–2922. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02289-09

TABLE 1.

Sugar substituent compositions of EPS from DS1 and DS2 biofilms

Sugar or fatty acid Amt (mol%) ina:
DS1 DS2
Galactose 51.9 ± 5.6 18.9 ± 1.9
Glucose 21.2 ± 2.4 16.7 ± 1.8
Heptose 12.2 ± 1.6 33.0 ± 2.2
Rhamnose 11.1 ± 1.1 13.2 ± 1.7
Mannose 3.7 ± 0.5 8.0 ± 1.3
Xylose ND 2.6 ± 0.6
3-Deoxy-2-manno-2-octulosonic acid ND 7.8 ± 1.2
3OH C16 fatty acid ND Tr
N-Acetylglucosamine ND Tr
a

The data are averages ± standard deviations for two samples. Tr, trace (<0.5%); ND, not detected (<0.1%).