Open AccessSymbiotic Cellulose Degradation in Green Turtles, Chelonia mydas L
Author(s) -
Tom Fenchel,
C. Peter McRoy,
J. Ogden,
Phoebe Parker,
William E. Rainey
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.37.2.348-350.1979
Subject(s) - cellulose , rumen , degradation (telecommunications) , hydrolysis , biology , bacterial cellulose , food science , biochemistry , fermentation , computer science , telecommunications
A postgastric, fermentative breakdown of structural plant tissue was demonstrated for green turtles. About 90% cellulose was hydrolyzed. Bacterial and protozoan numbers compared with those of the rumen.
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