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Methanic fermentation in the digestive tract of a xylophagous insect:Oryctes nasicornisL. larva (Coleoptera; Scarabaeidae)
- Source :
- Experientia; February 1980, Vol. 36 Issue: 2 p154-155, 2p
- Publication Year :
- 1980
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Abstract
- Strict anaerobic conditions and the production of methane have been demonstrated in the proctodeum in larvae ofOryctes nasicornisL., a xylophagous coleopteran. In ruminants, the breakdown of cellulose by extracellular symbiotic organisms is complete and leads to the formation of by-products which may act as substrates for methanogenic bacteria.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00144754
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Experientia
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs16522660
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953702