Query: NC_018868:2867500 Simiduia agarivorans SA1 = DSM 21679 chromosome, complete genome
Lineage: Simiduia agarivorans; Simiduia; ; ; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: Simiduia agarivorans strain SA1 was isolated from shallow seawater from the coastal region of Keelung, Taiwan and is able to degrade a variety of polysaccharides, such as agar, alginate, cellulose, and chitin. Mesophilic and halophilic.
Subject: NC_007912:231817 Saccharophagus degradans 2-40, complete genome
Lineage: Saccharophagus degradans; Saccharophagus; Alteromonadaceae; Alteromonadales; Proteobacteria; Bacteria
General Information: This strain is a marine gamma-proteobacterium that was isolated from decaying Spartina alterniflora, a salt marsh cord grass, in the Chesapeake Bay, USA. Saccharophagus degradans 2-40 has been used to produce ethanol from plant material and may be useful for the production bioethanol. Bacterium able to degrade complex carbohydrates. Saccharophagus degradans is capable of degrading insoluble complex carbohydrates through the collective action of enzyme complexes found on its cell surfaces, utilizing the degradation products as a carbon source. This organism may be useful in bioremediation. The degradative enzymes this organism produces are typically exoenzymes that are collected and organized into large surface complexes termed cellulosomes.