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ArticleInternational microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology2025

Production and biological activities of exopolysaccharides synthesized by thermophilic bacilli isolated from hot springs in Türkiye.

Mehmet Aytar, Deniz Aktaş Uygun, Gamze Başbülbül

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Article in International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mehmet AytarInstitute of Science, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, 09010, Aydın, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8083-7358
Deniz Aktaş UygunChemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, 09010, Aydın, Türkiye.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5633-2704
Gamze BaşbülbülBiology Department, Faculty of Science, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, 09010, Aydın, Türkiye. gbasbulbul@adu.edu.tr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8151-6321

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Aydın Adnan Menderes University (Türkiye) Research fund FEF-20026Higher Education Council of Türkiye (YOK) 100/2000
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Thermophilic bacteria able to produce exopolysaccharides (EPSs) have become attractive in recent years. EPSs synthesized by thermophiles are worth investigating due to their unexplored structural and biological properties. In this study, EPSs from thermophilic, Gram-positive bacterial isolates were purified and tested for their biological activities. A total of one hundred seven thermophilic bacteria were screened for their ability to produce exopolysaccharides. Nine isolates belonging to Geobacillus, Parageobacillus, Aeribacillus, and Anoxybacillus genera with highest EPS production were chosen, and purified EPSs (20, 61, 74, 76, 78, 89, 106, 134, and 261) were used for biological activity studies. EPS yields of selected thermophilic bacteria ranged between 117 and 419 mg/L. Among the tested EPSs, 61, 106, and 261 showed antibacterial effect against E. faecalis JH2-2 at a final concentration of 1.5 mg/mL. EPS samples had significant antioxidant capacity, especially EPS 134, with the highest DPPH radical scavenging activity of 100% at a concentration of 5 mg/mL and the strongest reducing power. EPS 20 showed the highest lipid peroxidation inhibition effect at a rate of 31%. EPSs displayed weak alpha-amylase inhibition activity when compared with standard acarbose. The prebiotic indices of EPSs 20, 61, 76, 89, 134, and 261 were found to be higher than that of inulin, a representative prebiotic carbohydrate for all tested lactic acid bacteria in the study. All examined EPSs inhibited the biofilms formed by various bacteria depending on the test strain. Results indicated that thermophilic EPSs had remarkable antioxidant, prebiotic, and antibiofilm activities. Therefore, EPSs characterized in this study may have technological applications in health and food fields.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsHot SpringsPolysaccharides, Bacterialalpha-AmylasesAntioxidantsEnterococcus faecalisMicrobial Sensitivity Testsalpha-AmylasesAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntioxidantsPolysaccharides, BacterialBiological activityCharacterizationExopolysaccharidePurificationThermophilic bacteria

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