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. 2012 Jul 1;3(4):289–306. doi: 10.4161/gmic.19897

Table 1. Predicted CAZymes encoded by the genomes of selected fibrolytic gut bacteria. [GH glycoside hydrolases, GT glycosyl transferases, PL polysaccharide lyases, CE carbohydrate esterases, CBM carbohydrate binding modules].

Ecosystem Phylum
(family) 		Bacterium Total
CAZymes		 GH GT PL CE Total CBMs
Human colon
 Bacteroidetes
 Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron VPI-5482
 386
 263
 87
 16
 20
 31
 
  
 B. xylanisolvens XB1A*
 349
 224
 81
 22
 22
 26
 
  
 B. vulgatus ATCC-8482
 279
 177
 78
 7
 17
 18
 
  
 B. fragilis 638R
 223
 138
 78
 1
 6
 26
 
 Firmicutes: (Lachnospiraceae)
(Ruminococcaceae)
Actinobacteria
 Roseburia intestinalis XB6B4*
Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens 16/4*
Ruminococcus champanellensis 18P13*
Bifidobacterium adolescentis ATCC15703
 175
115
87
94
 115
75
54
54
 46
37
12
37
 0
0
9
0
 14
3
12
3
 11
31
34
6
Rumen
 Fibrobacteres/ Acidobacteria
 Fibrobacter succinogenes S85
 183
 100
 54
 12
 17
 73
 
 Bacteroidetes
 Prevotella ruminicola 23
 215
 133
 60
 3
 19
 16
 
  
 P. bryantii B14
 203
 107
 53
 14
 19
 un
  Firmicutes: (Ruminococcaceae) Ruminococcus albus 7
R. flavefaciens FD1 		145
140 +		 96
101		 24
un		 7
13		 18
26		 128
68
*

For these strains, data were provided by the Pathogen Genomics group at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and can be obtained from http://www.sanger.ac.uk/resources/downloads/bacteria/metahit/

The information presented is available from the CAZY website, except in the case of R. flavefaciens FD127,30 and P. bryantii.44 Un = information not available.