About the Authors

Aki Yoneda

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

Affiliation Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Mayumi Ishihara

Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Parastoo Azadi

Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Su-May Yu

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

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.