Where in nature would you expect to find agardisgesting micr

Where in nature would you expect to find agar-disgesting microorganisms?

Solution

Agar digesting microorganisms were bacteria. Usually these bacteria found in marine water where red algae (from which agar is isolated example - Geledium sp.) grown. Agar digesting bacteria have a special enzyme called AGARASE which breakdown the agar into simpler form.

Examples for agar digesting bacteria are

Some species of Alteromonas, Vibrio, Thalassompros, Pseudomonas etc.,