(C) Quantification of total EPS, secreted (S) and periplasmic (P) glucan by phenol-sulfuric acid colorimetric assay from 2-day-old cultures. Secreted xanthan and glucan was isolated from the cell-free culture supernatant by addition of KCl [1% (w/v)] and 2 volumes of ethanol, to precipitate xanthan. Supernatant containing cyclic-β-(1, 2) was purified by BioGel-P4 size-exclusion chromatography. To isolate periplasmic glucan, cell pellet was treated with 1% trichloroacetic acid (TCA) to release periplasmic glucans, purified by BioGel-P4 size-exclusion chromatography. Data shown are mean ± SD (n=3). 