Bacteria face trade-offs in the decomposition of complex biopolymers
Fig 2
Mode of action and distribution of different classes of chitinases.
(A, B) Results of a genetic survey on prevalence of different chitinase classes (KEGG identifiers indicated) within different microbiomes (using Anotree tool—to screen all environments, using JGI—for soils only). (C) Recordings of exo or endo-chitinase activity in chitin degrading microorganisms, the data is based on a literature survey of studies which classified enzyme activity based on reactions with fluorogenic oligomers (details in the S1 Text). We indicate the number of strains used for the classification (total appearances), and the origin of the bacteria (e.g. marine, soil, carnivorous plant etc).