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. 2021 May 17;71(5):004804. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004804

Table 2.

Polymer-degrading potential of the soda soil actinomycete strain ACPA22T in growth experiments (G), activity tests with dye-conjugated polymers (A) and encoded glucosidases in the genome (GH)

Polymer

G

A

Genomic

GH family

Function

α-Glucans

Amylose, dextrin, cyclodextrin, pullulan glycogen

+

+

2 × GH15

Trehalase

GH13_3

Pullulanase

GH13_32

α-Amylase

Dextran ( Leuconostoc )

GH49 (−)

Dextranase

β-Glucans

Carboxymethyl-cellulose

Weak*

GH16_3

β-1,3(4)(6)-Endoglucanases

Amorphous cellulose

nd

Barley glucan

Laminarin

+

nd

Lichenan

+

Pachyman/curdlan

GH81 (−)

β-1,3-Endoglucanases

Xylan

GH10 (−)

β-1,4-Endoxylanase

Amorphous chitin

nd

GH18/19/20

Chitinases

Other glucans including heteropolysaccharides

Alginate

nd

PL (−)

Alginate lyase

Rhamnogalacturonan

nd

Weak

GH88/105 (−)

Rhamnogalacturonyl hydrolase

β-Mannan

GH5/22/26 (−)

β-Mannanase

Arabinan

GH43

Arabinase

Galactan

GH54 (−)

β-1,4-Endogalactanase

Glucomannan

Weak

Xyloglucan

GH5/GH9 (−)

Endoxyloglucanase

Arabinoxylan

GH10/GH43 (−)

Arabinase/xylanase

Pectin

PL1 (−)

Pectate lyase

Inulin

+

nd

GH32 (−)

Inulinase

Proteins

Casein

+

+

nd

Gelatin

+

+

nd

nd, Not determined.

*Tested in plate assay with Congo red flooding.

**Negative in the dye-conjugated assay, but positive in plate assay with Lugol solution flooding.

(-), indicate absence of the corresponding GH genes; shading, Indicate positive results.