Macroalgae | Major sugar constituents | Degrading enzyme | Sources | References |
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Brown algae | Alginate: d-glucuronic acid plus d-mannuronic | Alginate lyase | Pseudomonas sp. Alginovibrio aquatilis, Azotobacter | |
Fucoidan: sulphated l-fructose, galactose, xylose, glucuronic acid | Endo and Exo 1, 3-β-glucanase | Neurospora crassa, Thermotoga neapolitana, Candida albicans | ||
Laminaran: beta 1, 3-glucan, beta 1, 6-glucan | Laminarinase | Trichoderma viride | ||
Green algae | Cellulose, xylane, mannose | Cellulase | Penicillium sp., Nectria catalinensis | |
Xylanases | Bacillus sp., Aspergillus niger | |||
Red algae | Agar: agarose plus agarofectin | Arylsufatase | Klebsiella pneumonia, Salmonella typhimuriumm, Pseudomonase sp. | |
α-Agarase | Thalassomonas sp. Vibrio sp. | |||
Carrageenan: d-galactose-sulphated galatan | β-Agarase | Pseudomonas sp, Bacillus sp, Streptomyces sp, Vibrio sp. | ||
Carrageenase | Pseudomonas alcaligenes@Cytophaga drobachiensis |