CARBOHYDRASES OF THE RUMEN CILIATE EPIDINIUM ECAUDATUM (CRAWLEY). HYDROLYSIS OF PLANT HEMICELLULOSE FRACTIONS AND BETA-LINKED GLUCOSE POLYMERS

1. Cell-free extracts from Epidinium ecaudatum (Crawley) hydrolysed the three hemicellulose fractions of pasture plants, but at different rates. 2. All of the constituent monosaccharides are released from the hemicellulose fractions, galactose and uronic acids being liberated at much slower rates th...

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