Isolation of Asticcacaulis sp. SA7, a novel agar-degrading alphaproteobacterium.
An agar-degrading bacterium, strain SA7, was isolated from plant roots cultivated in soil. Analysis of the 16S rDNA sequence showed that strain SA7 is affiliated with the genus Asticcacaulis. Strain SA7 produced extracellular agarase, and grew utilizing agar in the culture medium as sole carbon source. Zymogram analysis showed that strain SA7 extracellularly secreted single agarase protein (about 70 kDa).
Laboratory of Soil Microbiology, Department of Plant Resources, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Akifumi
A
Hosoda
Masao
M
Sakai
D000362:Agar / Q000378:metabolism*; D016934:Caulobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D000362:Agar; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; C019624:agarase