Nitrogen content, amino acid composition and digestibility of fungi from a nutritional perspective in animal mycophagy
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2012
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Wallis, Ian
Claridge, Andrew W.
Trappe, James M.
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Elsevier
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Fungi comprise a major part of the diet of many animals. Even so, the nutritional value of fungi has been much debated, with some arguing that fungi are nutritionally poor. However, the chemical composition of fungi and of the biology of the animals that
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Keywords: amino acid; nitrogen; amino acid; animal; biochemical composition; diet; digestibility; digestive system; fermentation; food consumption; fungus; hypothesis testing; mycophagy; nitrogen; nutritive value; physiology; protein; animal; animal food; article; Epigeous fungi; Fibre; Foregut fermentation; Hypogeous fungi; Mammals; Marsupials; Proteins
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Fungal Biology
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