About the Authors
- Aki Yoneda
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Affiliations Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Hsion-Wen David Kuo
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Affiliation Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Mayumi Ishihara
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Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- Parastoo Azadi
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Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
- Su-May Yu
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Affiliations Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Tuan-hua David Ho
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* E-mail: tho@sinica.edu.tw
Affiliations Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Competing Interests
A US patent (8,394,619) related to β-glucosidase in the fungus Chaetomella raphigera, “Beta-glucosidase and uses thereof”, has been issued on March 12, 2013. Inventors: Yu; Su-May, Ho; Tuan-Hua David, Kuo; Hsion-Wen, Wu; Ng I-Son, Li; Chen-Wei, Ju; Yu-Ming. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AY SMY TDH. Performed the experiments: AY HDK MI. Analyzed the data: AY MI PA TDH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AY HDK MI PA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AY MI TDH.