Insectivorous Bats Digest Chitin in the Stomach Using Acidic Mammalian Chitinase

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Sara Strobel,

Affiliations Mammalian Ecology Group, Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany, Department of General Zoology and Developmental Biology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Anna Roswag,

Affiliation Mammalian Ecology Group, Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Nina I. Becker,

Affiliation Mammalian Ecology Group, Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Tina E. Trenczek,

Affiliation Department of General Zoology and Developmental Biology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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Jorge A. Encarnação

* E-mail: J.Encarnacao@bio.uni-giessen.de

Affiliation Mammalian Ecology Group, Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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