This study aimed to isolate a novel agarase-producing soil bacterium and characterize its agarose, which is known to produce biofunctional agarooligosaccharides or neo-agarooligosaccharides. A novel agar-degrading bacterium, namely AT2, was isolated from the agricultural soil and the enzyme activity was identified on a specific medium. The 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence represented 99% identity with that of the members of the…