Microbial enzymes are the key to pectin digestion in leaf beetles | Max-Planck-Gesellschaft https://www.mpg.de/19337874/microbial-enzymes-are-the-key-to-pectin-digestion-in-leaf-beetles
The degradation of the cell wall component pectin through the acquisition of an originally microbial enzyme enables leaf beetles to access to the nutrient-rich constituents of plant cells.
„On the one hand, this result was a bit of a surprise