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Which organisms can digest cellulose and how they are able to do this?
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∙ 9y ago
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.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agothe 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.
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∙ 13y agoThe 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).
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∙ 15y agoyes, bacteria in some animal such as horse can breakdown the cellulose
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∙ 9y agoTermites are an example of organisms that digest cellulose. Termites digest cellulose due to the cellulolytic bacteria present in the gut of the termite.
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∙ 13y agoMicro-organisms (bacteria and probably some protozoa).
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What type organisms digest cellulose in the intestinal tract of humans?
None. Humans can't digest cellulose. Bacteria in the large intestine can digest some cellulose, creating gas and vitamin K.
What are some organisms that contain cellulose?
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.
Is salivary amylase able to digest cellulose?
Salivary amylase is not able to digest cellulose. Amylase has the ability to digest starch but cellulose is a fibre which in indigestible.
What micro-organisms digest cellulose in this modified part of the stomach?
Functional caecum
Why are ruminant able to digest cellulose?
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.
Why are you able to digest cellulose?
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.
Why people dont eat things with very high levels of cellulose?
People cannot digest cellulose
What does the appendix has to do with inability to digest cellulose?
the appendix digest cellulose, but human appendix does not work.
Do buffalo have specialized digestive tract to digest plant cellulose?
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.
What part of the digestive system is cellulose digestive?
None. Animals that can digest cellulose host special bacteria to digest the cellulose molecules, and humans do not host these.
Can peptidase digest cellulose?
No
Can amylase digest cellulose?
no
