Distribution of the enzymes of carbohydrate metabolism among marine microorganisms in the Sea of Japan and the South Chinese Sea.

The ability to produce extracellular enzymes of carbon metabolism was studied in 55 strains related to 18 taxa and isolated from various habitats. Production of a number of enzymes was found to depend on the source from which the strains were isolated. Among the strains associated with algae and marine invertebrates, the highest number of producers were found in the seawater of Primorski krai. The strains isolated from this temperate climatic zone possessed higher enzymatic activity than those isolated from the tropical zone. The results obtained in the current research are useful for further directed searching for the producers of specific O-glycoside hydrolases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]