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Cellulose and the Alimentary Canal

Cellulose and the Alimentary Canal. By Aida Rogonich and Takara Reed. Reasons For Cellulose not being digested. Humans/ mammals don’t contain the symbiotic anaerobia bacteria needed to produce enzymes to breakdown the cellulose

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Cellulose and the Alimentary Canal

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  1. Cellulose and the Alimentary Canal By Aida Rogonich and Takara Reed

  2. Reasons For Cellulose not being digested • Humans/ mammals don’t contain the symbiotic anaerobia bacteria needed to produce enzymes to breakdown the cellulose • Cellulose binds so strongly to each other. This makes cellulolysis relatively difficult compared to the breakdown of other polysaccharides • Cellulose main use is as dietary fiber or “roughage”

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