Symbiotic Cellulose Degradation in Green Turtles, Chelonia mydas L

Authors

T. M. Fenchel, University of Aarhus
C. P. McRoy, University of Alaska
John C. Ogden, West Indies LaboratoryFollow
P. Parker, University of Texas
W. E. Rainey, University of California - Berkeley

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-1979

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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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, v. 37, issue 2, p. 348-350

Scholar Commons Citation

Fenchel, T. M.; McRoy, C. P.; Ogden, John C.; Parker, P.; and Rainey, W. E., "Symbiotic Cellulose Degradation in Green Turtles, Chelonia mydas L" (1979). Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications. 418.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/bin_facpub/418