Can plecs digest wood ?

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    Donovan P. German. (2009). Inside the guts of wood-eating catfishes: can they digest wood?. Available:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2762535/ . Last accessed 26 March 2012.

    The other objectives can be found in the last paragraph of of the Introduction "This investigation had six components."


    As this links to some experiments I have done with my own catfish I found this research paper a very interesting and an informative read.

    Edit : found a more friendlier readable pdf

    http://download.springer.com/static/pdf/60/art%253A10.1007%252Fs00360-009-0381-1.pdf?auth66=1364677701_de54dd70ce3cc320aa64f3b3308652d5&ext=.pdf
     
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