... influencing their physical properties[27], the presence of Sug in the backbone of the EPSproduced by S. thermophilus 8S will most likely haveconsequences for the physical properties of the EPS.Furthermore, ... hexa-methyldisilazane-trimethylchlorosilane-pyridine), and the resulting mixtures of methyl glycosides were analyzed onGLC [14,15]. The absolute configurations of the monosac-charides were determined by GLC analysis of the trimeth-ylsilylated ... constituent of the repeating unit of an EPS produced by a Gram-positive lacticacid bacterium.Due to the novel composition of the EPS produced by S. thermophilus 8S, the genetics and biochemistry of the EPS...