The Hadal Amphipod Hirondellea gigas possessing a unique cellulase for digesting wooden debris buried in the deepest seafloor

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Kobayashi, Hideki ^a   Hatada, Yuji ^a   Tsubouchi, Taishi ^a   Nagahama, Takahiko ^a,b   Takami, Hideto ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Higashichikushi Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLYCOSIDASE; AMYLASE; BETA MANNOSIDASE; CELLULASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDASE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN ENDO 1,3 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HADOPELAGIC ZONE; HIRONDELLA GIGAS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; WOOD DEBRIS;

AMPHIPODA; AMYLASES; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CELLULASE; CELLULOSE; DISACCHARIDES; ECOLOGY; ENDO-1,4-BETA XYLANASES; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; HYDROLYSIS; MICRONESIA; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PRESSURE; WOOD;

EID: 84865057292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042727     Document Type: Article

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