Application of microbial extracellular carbohydrate polymeric substances in food and allied industries

摘要

Most of the exopolysaccharides exhibit pseudoplastic flow pattern, i.e. shear thinning in an aqueous environment. The fungal scleroglucan (from Porodisculus pendulus) is a neutral polymer which exhibits high viscosity (stable viscosity was reported over a wide range of temperatures, pH, and presence of ions) in aqueous solutions (Alghmadi 2016).