Gellan-related polysaccharides and the genus Sphingomonas Pollock, Thomas J.,, 139, 1939-1945 (1993), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-139-8-1939, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1350-0872, abstract= SUMMARY: The biochemical and physiological characteristics of several different existing bacterial isolates which secrete gellan-related polysaccharides were compared. Although they were originally classified into diverse genera, these bacteria are shown here to be closely related to each other and to members of the genus Sphingomonas. , language=, type=