Table 2.
Amino acid composition of the mussel meal (whole animal and shell) in this study (A) and comparative data from Secor et al. (1993), using zebra mussel soft tissues (B), and Jönsson (2009), using blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) soft tissues (C)
| Amino acids (g kg−1) Protein | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | |
| Aspartic acid | 99.0 | 75.1 | 73.1 |
| Threonine | 38.1 | 30.6 | 33.1 |
| Serine | 43.7 | 28.5 | 35.3 |
| Glutamic acid | 89.2 | 84.6 | 97.1 |
| Glycine | 197.5 | 6.2 | 40.4 |
| Alanine | 38.4 | 40.0 | 35.9 |
| Valine | 47.6 | 39.3 | 34.6 |
| Methionine | 20.4 | 16.6 | 17.7 |
| Isoleucine | 35.5 | 38.1 | 32.8 |
| Leucine | 50.0 | 56.7 | 50.2 |
| Tyrosine | 102.4 | 33.1 | 28.3 |
| Phenylalanine | 51.1 | 27.5 | 26.4 |
| Histidine | 25.7 | 12.5 | 14.5 |
| Lysine | 42.8 | 35.4 | 53.5 |
| Arginine | 57.3 | 49.7 | 53.2 |
| Proline | 56.5 | 28.4 | 27.3 |