Starch degradation

Fungi                                                   Actinomycetes                                    Bacteria

1) Aspergillus                                       1) Nocardia                                         1) Chromoba

2) Fusarium                                         2) Micromonospora                             2) Clostridium

3) Fomes                                              3) Streptomyces                                   3) Cytophaga

4) Rhizopus

Reactions

Starch—–amylase–> Maltose —α-glycosidase—> glucose units → Glycolysis