TABLE 2.

Growth of various bacterial strains in medium containing a sole carbon source

Strains	Agarose	HA	DS	CS-C	Heparin	Heparin sulfate	Alginate	Xanthan
FC202	+	+++		+++
FC207		+++		+++				+
FC208		+++		+++				+
FC301	++
FC303		+++	+	+++
FC305		+++	++	+++	+		++
FC306	+	+++		+++
FC307		+++	++	+++	+		++
FC309		+++		+++			+
FC310	++					+		+
FC503		+++	+	+++
FC504		++		+		+
FC509		+++	+++	+++	+	+	++
FC510		++		++				+
FC511		+++		+++				+