Table 1.

Processing steps commonly used for exopolysaccharides (EPS) isolation and purification ¹.

Processing Step	Common Methods
Detachment of cEPS	Heating 2, ultrasound 2, NaOH treatment 2
Cell separation	Microfiltration, centrifugation
Protein removal	TCA 3 precipitation 2, enzymatic hydrolysis 2
Concentration	Microfiltration, ultrafiltration
Purification	Diafiltration, dialysis, precipitation, NaOH treatment 2, preparative size exclusion chromatography
Drying	Freeze drying, spray drying
Resolvatization	Heating 2, ultrasound assistance 2

¹ taken from [1,13,17,18,19,20]; ² effects on EPS investigated in this study; ³ TCA: trichloroacetic acid.