Cellulose digestion by common Japanese freshwater clam Corbicula japonica

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 675-683

  Sakamoto, Kentaro ^a   Touhata, Ken ^b   Yamashita, Michiaki ^b   Kasai, Akihide ^a   Toyohara, Haruhiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Cellulose; Clam; Corbicula japonica; Suspension feeder

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA; CORBICULA JAPONICA; HALIOTIDAE; ISOPTERA;

EID: 34250188505     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01381.x     Document Type: Article

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