Abstract:
The selected marine bacteria from Bidong Island water was used in the study of the
production of polysaccharides. The selected marine bacteria used had been carried out
in the investigation of identification of the species of the bacteria. This study also
identified the chemical composition of the polysaccharides that produced by the
selected marine bacteria. RapID
NF Plus System (REMEL, USA) was used in the
identification of the selected marine bacteria that then namely as Alca/igenes sp. after
the test was done. The biochemical test also was done in order to identify the bacteria
since the entire biochemical test characterized the characteristics of the bacteria. The
average yield of the polysaccharide produced from Alca/igenes sp. was 176.0 mg per
1 L of the medium and the polysaccharides represented by white to cream in color.
The determination of chemical composition of the polysaccharides was performed by
using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). From HPLC
chromatogram, sugar composition that presences in crude polysaccharides of
Alcaligenes sp. were rhamnose and glucose.
