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Laundry soil‐suspending activity of certain microbial polysaccharides
Author(s) -
Jeanes Allene,
Bistline R. G.,
Stirton A. J.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02609238
Subject(s) - laundry , carboxymethyl cellulose , polysaccharide , cellulose , chemistry , extracellular polysaccharide , extracellular polymeric substance , food science , biochemistry , organic chemistry , bacteria , biology , waste management , sodium , engineering , biofilm , genetics
Abstract Certain extracellular microbial anionic heteropoly‐saccharides and phosphorylated mannans suspend laundry soil comparably with carboxymethyl cellulose. These biodegradable biopolymers have other properties compatible with components commonly used in detergent formulations.