Studies on the production of polysaccharides produced by bacterium isolated from marine sponges Aaptos sp

Abstract

This bacterium was gram negative staphylococcus, 0.9-1.6 x 1.5-2.5 microns in size. A.cafcoaceticus were produced an average 384.7 mg/L of crude polysaccharides with light cream in color and 465.6 mg/L of acidic polysaccharides with light pink in color.