In situ enzyme activity in the dissolved and particulate fraction of the fluid from four pitcher plant species of the genus Nepenthes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Takeuchi, Yayoi ^a,b   Salcher, Michaela M ^a   Ushio, Masayuki ^c   Shimizu Inatsugi, Rie ^a   Kobayashi, Masaki J ^a   Diway, Bibian ^d   von Mering, Christian ^a   Pernthaler, Jakob ^a   Shimizu, Kentaro K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Botanical Research Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; GLUCOSAMINIDASE; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; GLUCOSIDASE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FILTRATION; MICROORGANISM; NEPENTHES; NEPENTHES ALBOMARGINATA; NEPENTHES AMPULLARIA; NEPENTHES BICALCARATA; NEPENTHES GRACILIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SARRACENIACEAE; SECRETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; NEPENTHES; SARRACENIACEAE;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; FILTRATION; GLUCOSIDASES; HEXOSAMINIDASES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 80052859771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025144     Document Type: Article

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