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 |