K. O. Agwa

Production of Microbial Exopolysaccharide by Cost-effective Medium Opimization Method

I. G. Nwosu, G. O. Abu & K. O. Agwa · Journal of Advances in Microbiology · 2019

Microbial exopolysaccharide (EPS) emerged as a fast and high yielding sustainable polymeric substance which can be used as an alternative to synthetic polymer in industry. In this study, the influence of various nutritional and environmental factors of fermentation medium on bact...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jamb/2019/v19i230189

Isolation, Screening and Characterization of Exopolysaccharide Producing Bacteria

I. G. Nwosu, G. O. Abu & K. O. Agwa · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2019

Exopolysaccharides(EPSs) are essential metabolites synthesized and excreted by certain microorganisms in response to extreme condition of pH, temperature, salinity, osmotic stress and other contaminants for survival in such adverse environment. The present study focuses on isolat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/mrji/2019/v29i530174