What lies on macroalgal surface: diversity of polysaccharide degraders in culturable epiphytic bacteria

Abstract

Keypoints Macroalgae are source of bacterial polysaccharidases for blue biotechnologies. Amilases, pectinases, alginate lyases and agarases were widespread among isolates. Hydrolytic profile correlates to strain phylogeny, host species, isolation medium.

Keywords

• Blue biotechnology
• Epibiota
• Seaweeds
• Bioprospecting
• Cultivable microbiota
• Polysaccharidases