Juan Antonio Mata

TL;DR: The results of this work should allow researchers to minimise the tests required to arrive at a reliable phenotypic characterisation of Halomonas isolates and to select those of most use to differentiateHalomonas species from each other.

TL;DR: All EPSs produced solutions of low viscosity and pseudoplastic behaviour and had a high capacity for binding cations and incorporated considerable quantities of sulphates, which is highly unusual in bacterial polysaccharides.

TL;DR: The extracellular polysaccharide produced by the type strain, M8T, of the halophilic bacterium Halomonas almeriensis, has a substantial protein fraction and was capable of emulsifying several hydrophobic substrates, a capacity presumably related to its protein content.

TL;DR: To study the exopolysaccharides produced by three novel moderately halophilic species belonging to the family Alteromonadaceae to optimize EPS yields, characterize their physical and chemical properties and evaluate possible biotechnological applications for these polymers.

TL;DR: The newly discovered B100S is the first bacterial EPS that has been demonstrated to exert a potent and selective pro-apoptotic effect on T leukaemia cells, and it is proposed that the search for new antineoplastic drugs should include the screening of other bacterial EPSs, particularly those isolated from halophiles.