Isolation and characterisation of the agarolytic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas ruthenica

Agar is a polysaccharide that primarily constitutes the cell wall of red algae. It is a good source of carbon and energy for many microbes. In the present study, an agarolytic bacterium, UQAD-3, was obtained from the waters of Al-Uqair, the Arabian Gulf, Al-Ahsaa, Saudi Arabia. UQAD-3 exhibited agar...

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Main Authors: Khalifa Ashraf, Aldayel Munira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2019-12-01
Series:Open Life Sciences
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/biol-2019-0066