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SUBMITTER: Ficko-Blean E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5698469 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20171122 1
Macroalgae contribute substantially to primary production in coastal ecosystems. Their biomass, mainly consisting of polysaccharides, is cycled into the environment by marine heterotrophic bacteria using largely uncharacterized mechanisms. Here we describe the complete catabolic pathway for carrageenans, major cell wall polysaccharides of red macroalgae, in the marine heterotrophic bacterium Zobellia galactanivorans. Carrageenan catabolism relies on a multifaceted carrageenan-induced regulon, in ...[more]