Ruminant animals use a special four-chambered stomach with a unique microbial flora<span> to digest tough </span>cellulose<span> found in the plants in their diets. Most vertebrates cannot make cellulase, the </span>enzyme<span> that breaks down cellulose, but </span>microbes<span> in the </span>rumen<span> produce it for them.</span>
Chemistry deals with the properties, composition, and structure of substances, the transformations they undergo, and the energy that is released or absorbed during these processes.
