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Kop Owen
Sep 24, 2012, 2:33:17 PM9/24/12
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Hi, all,
Would you please recommend 5 or more insects or animals which only eat wood
or tree leaves so they may produce wood fibre degrading enzymes or the
microbiota in their guts may produce wood fibre degrading enzymes?
Thanks!
Kop
Would you please recommend 5 or more insects or animals which only eat wood
or tree leaves so they may produce wood fibre degrading enzymes or the
microbiota in their guts may produce wood fibre degrading enzymes?
Thanks!
Kop
Bohgosity BumaskiL
Oct 28, 2012, 4:31:27 PM10/28/12
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I can name one insect off the top of my head that jenerates a lot of
cellulase: Termite. Cows would be number two.
cellulase: Termite. Cows would be number two.
Dr Engelbert Buxbaum
Oct 29, 2012, 11:33:57 AM10/29/12
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In article <af5j0v...@mid.individual.net>,
brew...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca says...
cellulase, but symbiotic microorganisms living in their gut.
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brew...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca says...
>
> I can name one insect off the top of my head that jenerates a lot of
> cellulase: Termite. Cows would be number two.
Actually, in both cases it is not the animal that produces the
> I can name one insect off the top of my head that jenerates a lot of
> cellulase: Termite. Cows would be number two.
cellulase, but symbiotic microorganisms living in their gut.
--
Car (noun): erratically moving obstacle on the road
Bohgosity BumaskiL
Nov 23, 2012, 5:41:37 AM11/23/12
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On 2012-10-29 9:33 AM, Dr Engelbert Buxbaum wrote:
> In article <af5j0v...@mid.individual.net>,
> brew...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca says...
>>
>> I can name one insect off the top of my head that jenerates a lot of
>> cellulase: Termite. Cows would be number two.
>
> Actually, in both cases it is not the animal that produces the
> cellulase, but symbiotic microorganisms living in their gut.
>
So, it would seem that by allowing termites to partially decompose
wood, then grinding the wood into sawdust, and adding water, that
you could "strain" out the microbes.
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On 2012-10-29 9:33 AM, Dr Engelbert Buxbaum wrote:
> In article <af5j0v...@mid.individual.net>,
> brew...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca says...
>>
>> I can name one insect off the top of my head that jenerates a lot of
>> cellulase: Termite. Cows would be number two.
>
> Actually, in both cases it is not the animal that produces the
> cellulase, but symbiotic microorganisms living in their gut.
>
wood, then grinding the wood into sawdust, and adding water, that
you could "strain" out the microbes.
_______
http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/ BrewJay's Babble Bin
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