Extraction of extracellular polymeric substances from dam …
Therefore, the involved mechanism is the same as for EDTA extraction, which is well-known for EPS extraction from soils (Rossi et al., 2018) and from sludges (Caudan et al., 2012; Comte et al., 2006; d'Abzac et al. (2010a, b)) and was initially applied to sediments (Underwood et al., 1995).
