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Comparative studies on the digestive enzymes in the gut of earthworms, Eudrilus eugeniae and Eisenia fetida

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Title Comparative studies on the digestive enzymes in the gut of earthworms, Eudrilus eugeniae and Eisenia fetida
 
Creator Prabha, M Lakshmi
Jayaraaj, Indira A
Jeyaraaj, R
Rao, Srinivasa
 
Subject Eudrilus eugenia
Eisenia fetida
amylase
cellulase
nitrate reductase
acid phosphatase
alkaline phosphatase
 
Description 567-569
Solid waste and resource recycling are the only sensible ways to tackle the problem of municipal solid waste (MSW). The digestive enzymes and the intestinal microflora of earthworms seem to play an important role in the digestion of soil organic matter. The present investigation was aimed to study the levels of various enzymes viz. amylase, cellulase, xylanase, cellbiase, endonuclease, acid phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase and nitrate reductase and their activities in the gut of the two selected earthworms, Eudrilus eugeniae and Eisenia fetida. Overall, amylase, cellobiase, endoglucanase, acid phosphatase and nitrate reductase showed higher enzymatic activity.
 
Date 2009-02-11T10:28:46Z
2009-02-11T10:28:46Z
2007-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0972-5849
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3087
 
Language en_US
 
Relation Int. Cl.⁸ C05F3/00, 9/04; C12N9/20
 
Publisher CSIR
 
Source IJBT Vol.6(4) [October 2007]