1. The slime produced by eight strains of @entity796 on a number of different media was demonstrated to be qualitatively the same. Small quantitative differences may be occasioned by differences in the extraction procedure, the growth medium or the strain of organism used. 2. The slime was shown to be predominantly polysaccharide with some nucleic acid material and a small amount of protein. 3. The hydrolysed polysaccharide fraction consists mainly of @entity413 with smaller amounts of @entity3913 . This accounts for some 50-60% of the total slime. In addition, there is some 5% of hyaluronic acid. The nucleic acid material represents approx. 20% of the total weight, and is composed of both RNA and DNA. 4. Minor components are protein, @entity20689 and @entity4823 , the protein being less than 5% of the total. 5. Hyaluronic acid is produced in greater quantities from nutrient broth than from chemically defined media, and is more firmly attached to the cells than the other components.

Composition of XXXX slime.

@entity796 :: ('287', 'Species') :: ['Pseudomonas aeruginosa'] @entity4823 :: ('MESH:D005944', 'Chemical') :: ['glucosamine'] @entity3913 :: ('MESH:D008358', 'Chemical') :: ['mannose'] @entity20689 :: ('MESH:D012210', 'Chemical') :: ['rhamnose'] @entity413 :: ('MESH:D005947', 'Chemical') :: ['glucose']
@entity796 :: (287,Species) :: ['Pseudomonas aeruginosa']
