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Let’s focus on an animal that lives off of plant material which is full of cellulose: cows. Cows, like humans, lack the enzymes to break down cellulose, but cows have a specialized four-chambered stomach where bacteria can thrive in the first chamber and digest the cellulose for them. How many water molecules are needed for a bacterium in a cow’s gut to break down a cellulose molecule with 100 glucose monomers? Refer back to the first image above for help.

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          Let’s focus on an animal that lives off of plant material which is full of cellulose: cows. Cows, like humans, lack the enzymes to break down cellulose, but cows have a specialized four-chambered stomach where bacteria can thrive in the first chamber and digest the cellulose for them. How many water molecules are needed for a bacterium in a cow’s gut to break down a cellulose molecule with 100 glucose monomers? Refer back to the first image above for help.

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Biology for AP Courses

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Solved by Expert Joanna Quigley

09/21/2021

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Bacteria produce enzymes called cellulases, which break down cellulose into glucose monomers. This process requires the addition of water molecules to break the bonds between the glucose monomers in cellulose. Show more…

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Let’s focus on an animal that lives off of plant material which is full of cellulose: cows. Cows, like humans, lack the enzymes to break down cellulose, but cows have a specialized four-chambered stomach where bacteria can thrive in the first chamber and digest the cellulose for them. How many water molecules are needed for a bacterium in a cow’s gut to break down a cellulose molecule with 100 glucose monomers? Refer back to the first image above for help.