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    Animal cellulases with a focus on aquatic invertebrates

    Cellulose is utilized as a nutritional source by various organisms. For a long time it was believed that only protozoa, bacteria, and fungi, in addition to plants and photosynthetic bacteria, are able to synth...

    Aya Tanimura, Wen Liu, Kyohei Yamada, Takushi Kishida in Fisheries Science (2013)

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    Function of meiobenthos and microorganisms in cellulose breakdown in sediments of wetlands with different origins in Hokkaido

    To validate the mechanism of cellulose breakdown in cold climate wetlands, we investigated cellulase activity in sediments collected from 17 wetland sites in Hokkaido, the northern area of Japan. We evaluated ...

    Kyohei Yamada, Haruhiko Toyohara in Fisheries Science (2012)