Multiple Levels of Synergistic Collaboration in Termite Lignocellulose Digestion

Michael E. Scharf; Zachary J. Karl; Amit Sethi; Drion G. Boucias

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021709

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Multiple Levels of Synergistic Collaboration in Termite Lignocellulose Digestion

Michael E. Scharf ,

* E-mail: mscharf@purdue.edu

Current address: Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Affiliation Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Zachary J. Karl,

Current address: Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

Affiliation Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Amit Sethi,

Affiliation Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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Drion G. Boucias

Affiliation Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Multiple Levels of Synergistic Collaboration in Termite Lignocellulose Digestion

Michael E. Scharf,
Zachary J. Karl,
Amit Sethi,
Drion G. Boucias

Published: July 1, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021709

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Additional data for article e21709

Posted by mscharf on 21 Jul 2011 at 20:16 GMT

The following data were erroneously omitted from Figure 4B, which reports glucose impacts on beta glucosidase kinetics. These data indicate the actual Km and Vmax values for the R. flavipes recombinant beta glucosidase in the absence (-) and presence (+) of 10 mM glucose.

Glucose Km Vmax
(-) 0.091 0.139
(+) 0.074 0.102

Sincerely,
Michael E. Scharf
(on behalf of co-authors Karl, Sethi and Boucias)

Competing interests declared: See competing interests statement on published paper.

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