Exopolysaccharides from Antarctic bacteria

Exopolysaccharide (EPS) is complex sugar made by many microbes in the Antarctic marine environment.  This project seeks to understand the ecological role of microbial EPS in the Southern Ocean, where it is known to strongly influence primary production.  We will investigate the chemical composition and structure of EPS  obtained from Antarctic microbes, which will improve our knowledge of its ecological significance and biotechnological potential.
Dataset includes the following:
1) Information on Exopolysaccharide-producing bacterial isolates, isolation sites, media used and growth conditions.
2) 16S rRNA gene sequence and fatty acid data of isolates for strain identification.
3) Exopolysaccharide chemistry data including EPS carbohydrate composition, organic acid composition, sulfate content, molecular weight.
4) Physiology of exopolysaccharide synthesis. Effects of temperature and other factors on EPS yield and glucose conversion efficiency.
5) Iron binding properties.
The download file includes:
11 files
File 1. Bacterial isolate 16S rRNA gene sequences obtained from Southern Ocean seawater or ice samples. The sequences are all deposited on the GenBank nucleotide (NCBI) database. Sequences are in FASTA format.
File 2. Seawater and sea-ice sample information including sites samples, sample type.
File 3. Data for exopolysaccharide (EPS)-producing bacteria isolated and subsequently selected for further studied. Information indicates special treatments used to obtain strains including plankton towing, filtration method, and enrichment. Identification to species level was determined by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis.
File 4. EPS-producing bacterial isolate fatty acid content determined using GC/MS procedures.
File 5. Basic chemical data for EPS from Antarctic isolates including protein, sulfate, and sugar type relative content (determined by chemical procedures), molecular weight in kilodaltons and polydispersity (determined by gel-based molecular seiving).
File 6 Monosaccharide unit composition determined by GC/MS of EPS from Antarctic isolates.
File 7. Effect of temperature on culture viscosity and growth of EPS-producing bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. CAM025 as affected by temperature.
File 8. Effect of temperature on EPS and cell yields and EPS synthesis efficiency (as indicated by glucose consumption) of EPS-producing bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. CAM025 as affected by temperature.
File 9. Efficiency of copper and cadmium metal ion adsorption onto EPS from EPS-producing bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. CAM025.
File 10. Phenotypic characteristics data for novel EPS-producing Antarctic strain CAM030. Represents type strain of Olleya marilimosa.
File 11. Effect of temperature on chemical make up of EPS from EPS-producing bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. CAM025.

Tags: AMD, AMD/AU, BACTERIA, BIODIVERSITY, BRINE CHANNELS, CARBOHYDRATE CHEMISTRY, CEOS, COLD ADAPTATION, CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > BACTERIA/ARCHAEA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > BIOMASS DYNAMICS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > DECOMPOSITION, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > NUTRIENT CYCLING, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > SECONDARY PRODUCTION, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOTOXICOLOGY > BIOAVAILABILITY, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > EVOLUTIONARY ADA, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SPECIES COMPETIT, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS > SURVIVAL RATES, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > COASTAL, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > MARINE ECOSYSTEMS > PELAGIC, EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > PACK ICE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > NUTRIENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC CARBON, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > ORGANIC MATTER, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > TRACE ELEMENTS, EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > CONTAMINANTS > TRACE METAL, EPS, EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES, FLAVOBACTERIA, FTIR SPECTROMETER > Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer, GC-MS > Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometry, GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR, IRON, LIGANDS, MICROSCOPES, NISKIN BOTTLES, OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN, PLANKTON NETS, PSEUDOALTEROMONAS, PSYCHROPHILIC BACTERIA, SEA ICE, SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, Spectrometers
Organization: Australian Ocean Data Network