Production and Chemical Characterization of Exopolysaccharides by Antarctic Yeasts Vishniacozyma victoriae and Tremellomycetes sp.

• Published in: Applied Sciences
• Main Authors: Snezhana Rusinova-Videva, Manol Ognyanov, Yordan Georgiev, Margarita Kambourova, Aleksandar Adamov, Vasilena Krasteva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic yeasts; polysaccharides; biotechnology; chromatography; spectroscopy; Technology; T; Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TA1-2040; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Physics; QC1-999; Chemistry; QD1-999; Antarctic; Livingston Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/app12041805; https://doaj.org/article/1114ac0ded154ab4ad4cd697252ced0c

The study aimed to investigate exopolysaccharides (EPSs) produced by two Antarctic yeasts isolated from Livingston Island. The species were identified as Vishniacozyma victoriae (V) and Tremellomycetes sp. (T) based on a molecular genetic analysis of ITS1-5.8S-ITS4 regions of the 18S rRNA gene. The...