Summary of the biosynthetic potential of twelve seaweed-associated bacteria: Secondary metabolites, plastic-degrading enzymes, and seaweed polymer-degrading enzymes

The biosynthetic potential of a bacterium can be determined from the genetic information in the organism's DNA. Genome sequencing allows for access to this genetic information, and through the use of specific bioinformatics tools the biosynthetic potential of the organism can be determined. For this dataset, the genomes of twelve seaweed-associated bacteria were sequenced using the Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) sequencer, MinION. This Excel sheet contains three tabs, with each tab summarising the outputs of the genome sequence data of 12 seaweed-associated bacteria (strain names at the top of each sheet, except for the dbCAN3 sheet where the strains are listed to the left) analysed using different bioinformatics tool (number of specific genes or gene clusters indicated for each strain, and summarised in graph form). The bioinformatics tools used, include AntiSMASH 8.0 (detection of biosynthetic gene clusters encoding secondary metabolites), PlasticDB (detection of genes encoding for enzymes with the ability to degrade different types of plastics), and dbCAN3 (detection of genes encoding for carbohydrate-active enzymes or Cazymes – the latter was limited to Cazyme families involved in seaweed polymer degradation). GH = glycosylhydrolase; PL = polysaccharide lyase.<br>