Question

Which type of bacteria is present in the gut of some ruminant animals?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Cellulose bacteria is present in the gut of some ruminant animals

Answer 2

Methanogens are the bacteria that are present in the gut of some ruminant animals.

• Ruminants are hoofed herbivorous grazing or browsing mammals that can acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting within their specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally with the help of microorganisms.

• Methanogenic bacteria are anaerobic kinds of bacteria that can convert CO₂ to methane via a sequence of reactions with the help of several cofactors.
• Methanogens are prokaryotic bacteria and they belong to the domain of Arches bacteria.
• With the help of anaerobic respiration, they can convert organic monomers into methane gas.
• The role of methanogens in the gut of ruminant animals is to digest the carbohydrate (cellulose) ingested by animals.
• Therefore methanogens produce methane from the dung of the ruminants.

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