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Screening Metagenomes for Algae Cell Wall Carbohydrates Degrading Hydrolases in Enrichment Cultures

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Sustainable use of natural products is one of the key challenges for the future. An increasing focus is on marine organic matter, mostly algae. New biotechnological tools for processing high amounts of micro- and macroalgae are necessary for efficient industrial degradation of marine matter. Secreted glycosyl hydrolases can be enriched and tested on the specific algae cell wall polymers of all algae groups (Rhodophyta; Phaeophyceae; Chlorophyta/Charophyta). Metagenomic analyses established new possibilities to screen algae-associated microbiomes for novel degrading enzymes in combination with sequence-based function prediction.

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  1. Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Jascha F. H. Macdonald, Ines Krohn & Wolfgang R. Streit

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    Wolfgang R. Streit

  2. Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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Macdonald, J.F.H., Krohn, I., Streit, W.R. (2023). Screening Metagenomes for Algae Cell Wall Carbohydrates Degrading Hydrolases in Enrichment Cultures. In: Streit, W.R., Daniel, R. (eds) Metagenomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2555. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2795-2_9

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