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Symbiotic Cellulose Degradation in Green Turtles, Chelonia mydas L

Published:1979-02 Issue:2 Volume:37 Page:348-350
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Fenchel T. M.¹,McRoy C. P.²,Ogden J. C.³,Parker P.⁴,Rainey W. E.⁵

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

2. Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701

3. West Indies Laboratory, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 00820

4. Marine Science Institute, University of Texas, Port Aransas, Texas 78373

5. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720

Abstract

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.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/aem.37.2.348-350.1979

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