Serratia marcescens is one type of gram-negative bacteria and some strains of bacillus shaped capsule form. At room temperature and the nature of their oxygen requirements are facultative anaerobes, these bacteria have chitinase enzyme that can hydrolyze chitin polymer into chitin oligosaccharides or monor N-acetylglucosamine. (Brurberg, 2000). These pathogenic bacteria produce dye (pigment) in red. Serratia marcescens including organisms that can produce the enzyme chitinase and became one of the most effective bacteria to degrade chitin. Serratia marcescens bacteria that are known to produce prodigiosin antifungal, antibacterial, algicidal, antiprotozoal, antimalarial activity, immunosuppressive and anticancer activity (Samrot et al., 2011).
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