Annual amount of chitin produced by crustaceans, mollusks, insects, and fungi
| Range | ~10^11 tonnes chitin/year |
|---|---|
| Organism | Biosphere |
| Reference | Tharanathan RN, Kittur FS. Chitin - the undisputed biomolecule of great potential. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2003 43(1):61-87 DOI: 10.1080/10408690390826455 p.61 right column top paragraphPubMed ID12587986 |
| Comments | P.61 right column top paragraph: "Every year about 100 billion tonnes of chitin are produced by crustaceans, mollusks, insects, and fungi. Chitin is the most underexploited biomass resource available on Earth. The occurrence of chitin in various organisms (ref 3) is given in Table 1." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 115064 |