Micro-organisms, such as bacteria, are able to digest cellulose.
No mammals are able to digest cellulose. This is because cellulose contains a β(1,4) linkage that no mammalian enzyme can break. This is why herbivores must have symbiotic bacteria somewhere in their digestive system that help them break down cellulose.
the organisms which feeds on raw plants are able to digest cellulose since they secrete an enzyme cellulase for cellulose digestion.
no. Bacteria break down the cellulose in the digestive tracts of herbivores.
The animals that are able to digest cellulose are the ones who were designed to do so. For example cows, elephants and some termites are able to do so. These animals have bacteria, larger enzymes and complex digestive systems do to so. Animals such as herbivores need these complex digestive tracts because they do not eat mean, therefore they need a greater supply of energy (from cellulose) to loco-mote (move).
yes, bacteria in some animal such as horse can breakdown the cellulose
Termites are an example of organisms that digest cellulose. Termites digest cellulose due to the cellulolytic bacteria present in the gut of the termite.
Micro-organisms (bacteria and probably some protozoa).
None. Humans can't digest cellulose. Bacteria in the large intestine can digest some cellulose, creating gas and vitamin K.
Cellulose is hard to digest plant material found in plants such as grass and leaves.Herbivores such as Cows and giraffes can digest cellulose.certain types of bacteria can digest cellulose as well.
Salivary amylase is not able to digest cellulose. Amylase has the ability to digest starch but cellulose is a fibre which in indigestible.
Functional caecum
Actually ruminants cannot digest cellulose, they have symbiotic bacteria in a part of their stomach called a "rumen" digest the cellulose down to sugars and starches that the ruminants can actually digest in another part of their stomach later.
A: Humans are unable to digerst cellulose. Explaination: Long story short, we lack the necessary enzymes since cellulose has a different structure than other carbohydrates that we are able to digest i.e. starches.
People cannot digest cellulose
the appendix digest cellulose, but human appendix does not work.
Animals such as cows, horses, sheep, goats, and termites have symbiotic bacteria in the intestinal tract that contain the enzymes that allow them to digest cellulose in the GI tract. No vertebrate (animals with an internal skeleton) can digest cellulose directly; all must use the enzyme to break down cellulose.
None. Animals that can digest cellulose host special bacteria to digest the cellulose molecules, and humans do not host these.
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