Many animals including human cannot digest cellulose why
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Answer:because of the absence of specific bacteria required for digestion of cellulose
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cellulose an not be digested by acid and enzymes present in human and some animals. Cellulose can be digested by the specific bacteria persent in the rumen of cattles.
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Humans are unable to digest cellulose because the appropriate enzymes to breakdown the beta acetal linkages are lacking. (More on enzyme digestion in a later chapter.) ... They have the required enzymes for the breakdown or hydrolysis of the cellulose; the animals do not, not even termites, have the correct enzymes.
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