Chapter 23, Problem 2AQ

Summary Introduction

To explain:

The reason for which the same microbial symbionts inhabits a lichen and the rumen of a cow. The physical and the chemical conditions of the habitat and the requirement for specific microbes to be present in order for the symbiosis to be successful.

Introduction:

Ruminants are mammalian animals that are foregut fermenters. Some of them are domestic animals. For example: cattle, sheep, goats, camels, and buffalos. The rumen is the digestive organ that ferment and digest large sized food particles known as cud.These animals obtain nutrients from a plant based food or plants as such.