Literature DB >> 16345350

Symbiotic Cellulose Degradation in Green Turtles, Chelonia mydas L.

T M Fenchel1, C P McRoy, J C Ogden, P Parker, W E Rainey.   

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.

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Year:  1979        PMID： 16345350      PMCID： PMC243213          DOI： 10.1128/aem.37.2.348-350.1979

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Appl Environ Microbiol        ISSN： 0099-2240            Impact factor:   4.792


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1.  Seasonal variation in diet, volatile fatty acid production and size of the cecum of roch ptarmigan.

Authors:  W C Gasaway
Journal:  Comp Biochem Physiol A Comp Physiol       Date:  1976-01

2.  The role of the midgut caecum and large intestine in the digestion of sea grasses by the dugong (Mammalia: Sirenia).

Authors:  R M Murray; H Marsh; G E Heinsohn; A V Spain
Journal:  Comp Biochem Physiol A Comp Physiol       Date:  1977

3.  Detection of sugars on paper chromatograms.

Authors:  W E TREVELYAN; D P PROCTER; J S HARRISON
Journal:  Nature       Date:  1950-09-09       Impact factor: 49.962

4.  Use of nuclepore filters for counting bacteria by fluorescence microscopy.

Authors:  J E Hobbie; R J Daley; S Jasper
Journal:  Appl Environ Microbiol       Date:  1977-05       Impact factor: 4.792

5.  Fluorescamine: a reagent for assay of amino acids, peptides, proteins, and primary amines in the picomole range.

Authors:  S Udenfriend; S Stein; P Böhlen; W Dairman; W Leimgruber; M Weigele
Journal:  Science       Date:  1972-11-24       Impact factor: 47.728
  5 in total
  1 in total

1.  Methane output of tortoises: its contribution to energy loss related to herbivore body mass.

Authors:  Ragna Franz; Carla R Soliva; Michael Kreuzer; Jean-Michel Hatt; Samuel Furrer; Jürgen Hummel; Marcus Clauss
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2011-03-09       Impact factor: 3.240
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