Question

The gut of ruminants contains a highly diverse mixture of microbes responsible for digesting a wide variety of complex plant molecules. Maintaining such a heavy microbial fauna imposes an energy demand on the host animal, yet clearly this is a successful strategy for this group of animals. Why

Answer 1

Microbes and ruminants relation

Explanation:

The mixture of microbes allows the host animal to produce a much wider variety of digestive enzymes, far more than the host could encode in their own genome

• The microbes in the gut of ruminants include bacteria,fungi and protozoa
• These microbes helps the ruminant animals to digest food,without the microbes these animals would die
• The microbes break down feed to produce volatile fatty acids, which are used by the cow(ruminant animal) as energy for maintenance and milk production