Characterisation of the enzyme transport path between shipworms and their bacterial symbionts.
Giovanna Pesante,
Federico Sabbadin,
Luisa Elias,
Clare Steele-King,
J Reuben Shipway,
Adam A Dowle,
Yi Li,
Marta Busse-Wicher,
Paul Dupree,
Katrin Besser,
Simon M Cragg,
Neil C Bruce,
Simon J McQueen-Mason
Nov 02, 2021
BACKGROUND: Shipworms are marine xylophagus bivalve molluscs, which can live on a diet solely of wood due to their ability to produce plant cell wall-degrading enzymes. Bacterial carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes)...