2007-03-28 05:24:38 · 2 answers · asked by squashpop 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Cellulose - or plant starch can only be digested by cellulolytic bacteria and termites. Cows digest cellulose material because they have cellulolytic in their rumen.
Fibrobacter succinogenes, Ruminococcus flavefaciens, and Ruminococcus albus generally are regarded as the predominant cellulolytic microbes in the rumen.
2007-03-28 06:46:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
plant starch referred to as cellulose in Certain animals can be digested , because bacteria possessing the enzyme are present in their gut. The classic example is the termite
cellulose and hemi-cellulose, are primarily broken down into the three volatile fatty acids, acetic acid, propionic acid and butyric acid in stomach chambers by bacteria.Almost all the glucose produced by the breaking down of cellulose is used by the symbiotic bacteria and ruminants get their energy from the volatile fatty acids produced by these bacteria:
2007-03-28 11:25:47 · answer #2 · answered by ANITHA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋