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Isolation and Complete Genome Sequence of Algibacter alginolytica sp. nov., a Novel Seaweed-Degrading Bacteroidetes Bacterium with Diverse Putative Polysaccharide Utilization Loci.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 15 May 2016
Sun Cong, Fu Ge-Yi, Zhang Chong-Ya, Hu Jing, Xu Lin, Wang Rui-Jun, Su Yue, Han Shuai-Bo, Yu Xiao-Yun, Cheng Hong, Zhang Xin-Qi, Huo Ying-Yi, Xu Xue-Wei, Wu Min
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The members of the phylum Bacteroidetes are recognized as some of the most important specialists for the degradation of polysaccharides. However, in contrast to research on Bacteroidetes in the human gut, research on polysaccharide degradation by marine Bacteroidetes is still rare. The genus Algibacter belongs to the Flavobacteriaceae family of the Bacteroidetes, and most species in this genus are isolated from...
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