Symbiotic Cellulose Degradation in Green Turtles, Chelonia mydas L
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 37 (2) , 348-350
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.37.2.348-350.1979
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.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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