Cultural advice

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that ANU Library collections may include images, names, voices, and other representations of deceased persons.

Material in the collection may contain terms, language or views that reflect the period in which the item was created and may be considered inappropriate today.

Nitrogen content, amino acid composition and digestibility of fungi from a nutritional perspective in animal mycophagy

Date

Authors

Wallis, Ian

Claridge, Andrew W.

Trappe, James M.

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

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

Keywords

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

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/64249

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Fungal Biology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.funbio.2012.02.007

Restricted until

2037-12-31

Downloads

File

Description

01_Wallis_Nitrogen_content,_amino_acid_2012.pdf (240.58 KB)