Fig. 1
From: Hemocyanin facilitates lignocellulose digestion by wood-boring marine crustaceans
Major biopolymer composition of willow wood before and after digestion. a Scanning electron micrograph of fecal pellet from Limnoria (scale bar, 50 µm). b Relative amounts of biomass fractions from wood (Willow, N = 10) and fecal pellets (Feces 78%, normalized to mass loss during digestion, N = 8). Fractions comprise acetyl bromide-soluble lignin (blue), TFA-soluble hemicellulose (red), and sulfuric acid-soluble cellulose (orange). c Monosaccharide composition (absolute amount) of cellulose fraction from wood before (Willow, N = 11; dark orange) and after digestion (Feces 78%, normalized to mass loss during digestion, N = 8; light orange) analyzed by sequential H2SO4 hydrolysis following the TFA hydrolysis in d. d Monosaccharide composition (absolute amount) of hemicellulose fraction from wood before (Willow, N=11; dark red) and after digestion (Feces 78%, normalized to mass loss during digestion, N=10; light red) analyzed by TFA hydrolysis. Circles represent sample values and bars sample mean ± SD. Fuc, fucose; Ara, arabinose; Rha, rhamnose; Gal, galactose; Glu, glucose; Xyl, xylose; Man, mannose; GalA, galacturonic acid
