The digestive system in Zygentoma as an insect model for high cellulase activity.

The digestive system of selected phytophagous insects has been examined as a potential prospecting resource for identification of novel cellulolytic enzymes with potential industrial applications. In contrast to other model species, however, limited detailed information is available that characteriz...

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Main Authors: Ratnasri Pothula, Derek Shirley, O P Perera, William E Klingeman, Cris Oppert, Heba M Y Abdelgaffar, Brian R Johnson, Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212505