Question

what helps ruminants digest cellulose part of the food?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Basically the answer is Methanogens

Explanation:

In the Gut of ruminants live 100s of cellulose digesting/fermenting anaerobic bacterias that help ruminants digest cellulose.. its really an symbiotic process, a big procedure.. some of them (bacterias) which help in execution of this so needed process are:

1. Fibrobacter (Bacteroides) succinogenes
2. Ruminococcus albus
3. Ruminococcus flavefaciens
4. Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens
5. Streptococcus bovis
6. Ruminobacter (Bacteroides) amylophilus
7. Prevotella (Bacteroides) ruminocola
8. Succinimonas amylolytica
9. Selenomonas ruminantium
10. Lachnospira multiparus
11. Succinivibrio dextrinosolvens
12. Methanobrevibacter ruminantium
13. Methanosarcina barkeri

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