Microbial interactions in anaerobic chitin-degrading mixed cultures

Chitin is the insoluble polymer of the amino-sugar
N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) and in marine environments large amounts are produced by Crustacea. Present knowledge of the microbial degradation of polysaccharides in anoxic marine environments is scant, especially with respect to the structure of the communities involved and the relationships among the species present in such mixed populations. The study has focussed on the interactive relationships between the chitinhydrolyzing bacteria and so-called secondary populations, consisting of saccharolytic species only capable of utilizing small solubilized fragments of chitin (NAG-oligomers). ...

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