The contribution of endogenous cellulase to the cellulose digestion in the gut of earthworm (Pheretima hilgendorfi: Megascolecidae)

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 762-769

  Nozaki, Mana ^a   Miura, Chiemi ^a   Tozawa, Yuzuru ^a   Miura, Takeshi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endo 1,4 glucanase; Endogenous; Intestinal caecum; Megascolecidae; Symbiotic organisms

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CLONING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ORGANIC ACIDS;

AMINO ACID RESIDUES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCES; CARBOXY METHYL CELLULOSE; CDNA CLONINGS; CDNA ENCODING; CELLULASE ACTIVITIES; CELLULASE GENES; CELLULOSE DIGESTIONS; DIGESTIVE TRACTS; ENDOGENOUS; GLYCOSYL HYDROLASE; GUT CONTENTS; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATIONS; INTESTINAL CAECUM; INTESTINAL EPITHELIUMS; MEGASCOLECIDAE; MOLECULAR SIZES; NORTHERN BLOTS; OPEN READING FRAMES; SINGLE BANDS; SYMBIOTIC ORGANISMS; WHEAT GERMS; ZYMOGRAM ANALYSIS;

CELLULOSE;

CELLULOSE; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION;

AMINATION; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; CLONES; DIGESTIBILITY; GLUCANASE; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTEINS; SYMBOLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; MEGASCOLECIDAE; PHERETIMA HILGENDORFI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 62049084273     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.01.016     Document Type: Article

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