An illustration of the diversity of potential plant cell wall and other polysaccharides (starch, chitin) degrading enzymes identified among the beech and spruce soil ESTs.

For the main categories, between parentheses are given the figures extrapolated to a common sample size of 10,000 cDNAs. Differences between Beech and Spruce were tested using Pearson Chi-square test;**, P*, 0.01Pns, not significant, P>0.05.aaccording to data from the CAZyme database, [18], [29] and [67].bExcluding CBMs which can be associated to other CAZYmes.cThese figures include all CAZYmes, CE or GH identified in the datasets; not just the families illustrated in this table.