Diverse Exopolysaccharide Producing Bacteria Isolated from Milled Sugarcane: Implications for Cane Spoilage and Sucrose Yield

• Stanton Hector ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Stanton Hector, Kyle Willard

  Affiliation Institute for Plant Biotechnology, Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa

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• Kyle Willard ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Stanton Hector, Kyle Willard

  Affiliation Institute for Plant Biotechnology, Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa

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• Rolene Bauer,

  Affiliation LaunchLab, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa

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• Inonge Mulako,

  Affiliation Institute for Plant Biotechnology, Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa

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• Etienne Slabbert,

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa, Central Analytical Facility, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa

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• Jens Kossmann,

  Affiliation Institute for Plant Biotechnology, Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa

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• Gavin M George

  * E-mail: ggeorge@ethz.ch

  Current address: Institute for Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Universitätsstrasse 2, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland

  Affiliation Institute for Plant Biotechnology, Department of Genetics, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa

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