Digestion of cellulose

Most accounts of the larger A,p.,.o in carnivores have attributed this effect to higher proportion of lipids in the diet of carnivores. This arises because carnivores obtain all or most of their nutrition from the flesh of other animals, a significant part of which is composed of lipid. By contrast, lipids make up a much smaller fraction of the total carbon pool in the diet of herbivores, particularly mminants which get much of their energy from digestion of cellulose. Humans who selectively use seeds and grains as food sources obtain a... 

D. Ramkrishna Statistical Models of Cell Populations. - Sh. Nagai Mass and Energy Balances for Microbial Growth Kinetics. -M.Moo-Young J. M. Scharer Methane Generation by Anaerobic Digestion of Cellulose-Containing Wastes. - B.Metz, N. W.F.Kossen,... 

Acid digestion of cellulose yields chiral synthon. .. 

Czegeny, Z., Berente, B., Ovari, M., Garcia Tapia, M., Zaray, G. Microwave-assisted vapor-phase acid digestion of cellulose nitrate filters for elemental analysis of airborne dust samples. Microchem. J. 59, 100-106 (1998)... 

Powderpost beetles damage done primarily by larvae limited digestion of cellulose and hemicel-luloses (6)... 

Because humans and most other mammals lack the enzymes needed for digestion of cellulose, they require starch as their dietary source of carbohydrates. Grazing animals such as cows, however, have in their first stomach microorganisms that are able to digest cellulose. The energy stored in cellulose is thus moved up the biological food chain when these ruminant animals eat grass and are then used for food. 

Table VIII. Growth of Yeasts on Enzymatic Digests of Cellulose...

Jensen, P.D., Hardin, M.T., and Clarke, W.P. (2008) Measurement and quantification of sessile and planktonic microbial populations during the anaerobic digestion of cellulose. Water Sci. Technol, 57 (4), 465-469. 

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