The effect of salts on the viscosity and wilt-inducing capacity of the capsular polysaccharide of Erwinia amylovora

• Main Authors: Sijam, Kamaruzaman, Goodman, Robert N., Karr, Arthur L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Academic Press 1985
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40455/1/The%20effect%20of%20salts%20on%20the%20viscosity%20and%20wilt-inducing%20capacity%20of%20the%20capsular%20polysaccharide%20of%20Erwinia%20amylovora.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40455/7/1-s2.0-0048405985900232-main.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40455/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0048405985900232

Water solutions of the capsular polysaccharide (EPS) of Erwinia amylovora exhibit long flow times (t) in a kinematic viscometer. Addition of salts to the solutions greatly decreases the flow times. The salt-induced decrease in flow time is directly related to the ionic strength of the solution and i...