CELLULOSE DIGESTION AND VOLATILE FATTY-ACID PRODUCTION IN THE GREEN TURTLE, CHELONIA-MYDAS

被引：100

作者：

BJORNDAL, KA

机构：

[1] Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville

来源：

COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-PHYSIOLOGY | 1979年 / 63卷 / 01期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/0300-9629(79)90638-8

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

1. 1. Cellulose is digested as efficiently in the green turtle. Chelonia mydas, as it is in ruminants and the dugong, Dugong dugon. 2. 2. The production of volatile fatty acids (VFA) in the cecum of the green turtle was estimated from in vitro studies. 3. 3. Acetate, butyrate and propionate are the VFAs produced, listed in order of decreasing concentrations. 4. 4. Organic acids produced in the cecum provide 15.2% of the green turtle's daily energy balance. 5. 5. Hydrogen is the major gas evolved during in vitro fermentation of cecum contents. © 1979.

引用

页码：127 / 133

页数：7

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