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Bacteria famously can’t break down cellulose—wet or dry—, a structure made of glucose monomers. It took fungus hundreds of millions of years of evolution to dev
by drycobbler 3y ago
Bacteria famously can’t break down cellulose—wet or dry—, a structure made of glucose monomers. It took fungus hundreds of millions of years of evolution to develop the ability to break down cellulose.
- nomel 3y ago> Bacteria famously can’t See firmicutes [1] and bacteroidetes: cellulomonas, thermobifida, clostridium. Bacteria also experienced those hundreds of millions of years. In fact, there's some cellulose melting bacteria in your gut right now! ;) But, you are right that it's not just bacteria [2]. [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4143619 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4143619 [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9277587 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9277587
- mistercow 3y agoI think you're thinking of lignin, not cellulose.