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Author Allardyce, Benjamin James

Title Cellulose and hemicellulose digestion by herbivorous terrestrial crustaceans / by Benjamin J. Allardyce
Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010

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Description xix, 178 leaves : illustrations ; 30 cm
Summary Cellulose, the main component of plant cell walls, is insoluble and difficult to digest enzymatically. This research discovered that herbivorous land crabs have an efficient gastric mill in the stomach which disrupts this insoluble material, and a range of highly specialised enzymes that can then break down the cellulose
Notes Submitted to the School of Life and Environmental Sciences of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Deakin University
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Deakin University, Victoria, 2010
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-178)
Subject Cellulose.
Crabs -- Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)
Digestion.
Gecarcinidae.
Hemicellulose.
Genre/Form Academic theses.
Author Deakin University. Faculty of Science and Technology.
Deakin University. School of Life and Environmental Sciences