Cellulase Production in the Digestive Organs of Reticulitermes speratus, a Native Termite from Milyang, Korea |
Lee, Young-Min
(Department of Forest Products and Biotechnology, College of Forest Science, Kookmin University)
Kim, Yoon-Hee (Department of Forest Products and Biotechnology, College of Forest Science, Kookmin University) Cho, Moon-Jung (Department of Forest Products and Biotechnology, College of Forest Science, Kookmin University) Shin, Keum (Department of Forest Products and Biotechnology, College of Forest Science, Kookmin University) Kim, Yeong-Suk (Department of Forest Products and Biotechnology, College of Forest Science, Kookmin University) |
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