Activity of glycolytic enzymes in the gut of Hormogaster elisae (Oligochaeta, Hormogastridae)

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 929-934

  Garvin M H ^a   Lattaud, C ^b   Trigo, D ^a   Lavelle, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Enzymes; H. elisae; In vitro culture; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

BETA MANNOSIDASE; CELLULASE; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GLYCOLYTIC ENZYME; INTESTINE; MUTUALISM; SPAIN;

HORMOGASTER ELISAE;

EID: 0033947025     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00222-9     Document Type: Article

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