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BIOCHEMICAL IMPLICATIONS OF INSECT MYCOPHAGY
Author(s) -
MARTIN MICHAEL M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
biological reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.993
H-Index - 165
eISSN - 1469-185X
pISSN - 1464-7931
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-185x.1979.tb00865.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , sociology , computer science
CONTENTS I. Intmduction . . . . . . . . . 11. Arthropod-fungal associations . . . . . . . (I) Arthropods associated with sporophores . . . . (2) Arthropods in habitats which include fungal mycelium . (3) Insects involved symbiotically with fungi . . . . 111. Nutritive characteristics of fungal tissue . . . . . (I) Caloric value . . . . . . . . (2) Elemental composition . . . . . . . (3) The macronutrients of fungi . . . . . . (4) The micronutrients of fungi . . . . . . (5) summary. . . . . . . . . . IV. Digestive and metabolic requirements imposed on mycophagous species by the special characteristics of fungal tissue. . . . . . . . (I) Fungal polysaccharides . . . . . . . . . . (2) Fungal sterols . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) Urea and ammonia . . . . . . . . . . . (4) Secondary metabolites . . . . . . . . . . (5) Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . V. Acquired digestive enzymes: a windfall of mycophagy . . . . . (I) Enzymes active against plant cell-wall polysaccharides . . . . (2) Enzymes active against fungal constituents. . . . . . . (3) Enzymes active against phenolic substances . . . . . . (4) Requirements imposed by the exploitation of acquired digestive enzymes . (5) Acquired digestive enzymes: a closing comment . . . . . VI. summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII. Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . VIII. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . i