performance as speciality chemicals, namely on their capacity to
alter the basic properties of water and their propensity for emulsification,
suspension, stabilization, floculation, properties which
make these polymers suitable for a specific market or application.
[15]. Other important applications of microbially produced
exopolymers are in the food, pharmaceutical and petroleum industries
and in medical fields and they are widely accepted products
of biotechnology [16].
In the present paper, it is aimed to investigate the effects of
media and various organic pollutants on the yield and properties
of EPS produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa B1, P. fluorescens B5, P.
stutzeri B11 and P. putida B15 strains.