Production and applications of microbial exopolysaccharides 7.1 Introduction 7. 2 Origin and composition 7.3 Exopolysaccharide structure 7. 4 Medium composition for exopolysaccharide production 12 7.5 Fermentation 7.6 Product recovery 211 7.7 Physical properties 213 7. 8 Biosynthesis 217 7.9 Applications of microbial exopoly accnaniaes 223 Summary and objectives 230Production and applications of microbial ex0 polysaccharides 7.1 Introduction 1 94 7.2 Origin and composition 7.3 Exopolysaccharide structure 7.4 Medium composition for exopolysaccharide production 7.5 Fermentation 7.6 Product recovery 7.7 Physical properties 7.8 Biosynthesis 7.9 Applications of microbial exopolysaccharides Summary and objectives 194 198 201 205 21 1 213 217 223 230