10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 8 Issue 1 2017 (January - March) Halophilic microorganisms are routinely isolated from saline environments like solar salterns, salt lakes, salt pans and low saline environments like ocean water, sand and soil in the vicinity of salt pans. They produce exopolysaccharides (EPS) to protect the cells from high concentration of salt. EPS are carbohydrate polymers produced extracellularly by microorganisms. In the present studies, halophilic microorganisms have been isolated from saline environments from West Coast of Maharashtra (MS), India and explored for production of exopolysaccharide (EPS). Out of 43 isolates obtained, 6 isolates showing potential in production of EPS were selected for the studies. Among the 6 isolates, 4 isolates were identified as lessThan i greaterThan Halomonas smyrnensis lessThan /i greaterThan , and other two were as lessThan i greaterThan Halomonas denitrificans lessThan /i greaterThan and as lessThan i greaterThan Haloferax chudinovii lessThan /i greaterThan . The isolates produced EPS in a range of 2-10.65 g/l the maximum being produced by lessThan i greaterThan Halomonas smyrnensis. lessThan /i greaterThan This is presumably the first report of production of EPS by lessThan i greaterThan Halomonas denitrificans lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan Haloferax chudinovii lessThan /i greaterThan , and also the exploration of the coastal regions of Sindhudurga district, Maharashtra, India for EPS producing halophilic microorganisms. SIDDHARTH V.DESHMUKH, PRADNYA P.KANEKAR, RAMA K.BHADEKAR AND SUNIL K.DHAR Exopolysaccharides, Halophiles, West Coast of India, Halomonas smyrnensis, Haloferax chudinovii, Halomonas denitrificans. 370-375