Database which lists all known bacteria to degrade common substrates e.g agar

Question

[davidtmscott]

I am looking for a database which lists all bacterial genera/species known from the literature to degrade common substrates. E.g Known genera/species to poses enzyme to degrade agarose, chitin, alginate etc.

Thanks

[WouterDeCoster]

What makes you think such a highly specific database would exist?

Answer 1

[GenoMax]

You may need to do some leg work here. There are multiple databases that list enzymes and degradative products. You can find a list here.

For example beta-agarase ( agarose 4-glycanohydrolase) , one of the enzymes that can degrade agar is found in this BRENDA search. You will see a list of organisms that have this enzyme if you scroll down the page.