Exopolysaccharides (EPS) of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) has gained special interests in the dairy industry due to their health-promoting properties and contribution to the rheology of fermentation milk products. In the present study, an EPS designated as EPS-NS1905E was partially purified and characterized secreted from L. plantarum NS1905E. The EPS-NS1905E had an average molecular weight of 2.658 x 10(5) Da and was composed of glucose, arabinose, rhamnose, mannose, and galactose in an approximate molar ratio of 58.83 : 17.4 : 6.31 : 5.86 : 2.74. The FTIR spectroscopy showed the prevalence of c...
