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Insectivorous Bats Digest Chitin in the Stomach Using Acidic Mammalian Chitinase

The gastrointestinal tract of animals is adapted to their primary source of food to optimize resource use and energy intake. Temperate bat species mainly feed on arthropods. These contain the energy-rich carbohydrate chitin, which is indigestible for the endogenous enzymes of a typical mammalian gas...

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Autores principales: Strobel, Sara, Roswag, Anna, Becker, Nina I., Trenczek, Tina E., Encarnação, Jorge A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3760910/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24019876
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072770