Table 1.

Monosaccharide composition of exopolysaccharides from the WT and OPVHB strains.

Exopolysaccharides	Monosaccharide Compostion (%)
	Glc	Gal	Man	Fuc	Rha	Xyl	Ara	GlcUA
WT	36.3 ± 0.5	19.7 ± 0.4	24.9 ± 0.6	4.3 ± 0.5	2.6 ± 0.1	2.8 ± 0.1	2.9 ± 0.1	6.5 ± 0.3
OPVHB	35.4 ± 0.4 *	23.1 ± 0.2 *	31.5 ± 0.5 *	3.2 ± 0.2 *	1.4 ± 0.1 *	0.9 ± 0 *	1.1 ± 0.1 *	3.4 ± 0.4 *

* indicates significantly different from value for WT (p < 0.05).