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. 2011 Sep 16;6(9):e25144. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025144

Table 1. Summary of activities of the three enzymes.

Total (Untreated) Dissolved (Filtration)
Site Enzyme Species No. of sampled pitchers No. of pitchers that had positive enzyme activity Mean enzyme activity (mmol l−1 h−1) ± SD Mean enzyme activity (mmol l−1 h−1) ± SD Mean ratio of dissolved enzyme activity to total ± SD
Borneo Acid phosphatase N. albomarginata 6 6 23.09 ± 4.61 22.60 ± 5.17 0.97 ± 0.04
(AP) N. ampullaria 14 14 6.52 ± 5.82 4.16 ± 4.10 0.82 ± 0.46
N. bicalcarata 8 8 9.28 ± 7.17 7.32 ± 7.89 0.59 ± 0.38
N. gracilis 15 15 28.88 ± 24.47 19.24 ± 11.10 0.76 ± 0.22
beta-D-glucosidases N. albomarginata 6 3 9.60 ± 7.14 5.68 ± 7.18 0.57 ± 0.36
(BG) N. ampullaria 19 15 0.59 ± 0.55 0.42 ± 0.46 0.64 ± 0.65
N. bicalcarata 8 7 2.61 ± 2.41 1.17 ± 1.51 0.40 ± 0.36
N. gracilis 15 9 2.27 ± 2.28 1.11 ± 0.85 0.70 ± 0.47
beta-D-glucosaminidases N. albomarginata 6 2 1.21 ± 1.69 1.20 ± 1.68 1.00 ± 0.01
(NAG) N. ampullaria 19 10 0.70 ± 1.16 0.55 ± 0.99 0.56 ± 0.45
N. bicalcarata 8 7 2.64 ± 2.81 1.47 ± 1.95 0.41 ± 0.32
N. gracilis 15 7 1.07 ± 1.18 0.17 ± 0.18 0.18 ± 0.25
Zurich Acid phosphatase N. ampullaria 6 6 0.16 ± 0.02 0.16 ± 0.01 0.99 ± 0.06
(AP) N. bicalcarata 5 5 0.33 ± 0.09 0.23 ± 0.05 0.70 ± 0.13
N. gracilis 4 4 6.48 ± 7.89 1.85 ± 1.75 0.49 ± 0.29
beta-D-glucosidases N. ampullaria 6 6 0.03 ± 0.01 0.01 ± 0.01 0.75 ± 0.70
(BG) N. bicalcarata 5 5 0.05 ± 0.03 0.04 ± 0.05 0.72 ± 0.43
N. gracilis 4 4 0.14 ± 0.13 0.08 ± 0.06 0.61 ± 0.13
beta-D-glucosaminidases N. ampullaria 6 5 0.02 ± 0.00 0.01 ± 0.00 0.60 ± 0.22
(NAG) N. bicalcarata 5 5 0.05 ± 0.03 0.04 ± 0.05 0.58 ± 0.46
N. gracilis 4 4 0.38 ± 0.40 0.07 ± 0.06 0.32 ± 0.17