Assertion: termite | /r/CapableOf | digest cellulose
Facets:
value: mostly
type: DEGREE
value: inside it
type: LOCATION
value: in their food
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: In either case, they must be able to digest tough plant fibers, or cellulose.
text: Termites mostly feed on dead plant material and cellulose, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, soil, or animal dung.
text: They are able to find weakened areas in the structure, or areas of direct wood to ground contact, and feed on the cellulose.
text: Just like older termites, baby or larvae termites eat cellulose.
text: One such method involves filling the wood cell walls with potent chemicals that will make it hard for the termites to digest the cellulose.
text: Termites have special enzymes, protozoa and bacteria in their guts that allow them to digest cellulose.
text: They can’t digest cellulose without the help of protozoa and bacteria in the digestive tracts.
text: Using bacteria, protozoa and microbes that live inside their stomachs, termites are able to digest cellulose, the main constituent of wood.
text: However both ruminants and termites use symbiotic bacteria to help them digest cellulose in their food.
text: Termites are able to digest cellulose with the help of a symbiotic protozoan that lives within the hindgut.
text: Termites mainly feeds on dead plant material and cellulose, in the form of wood, soil or animal dung.
text: Termites feed on cellulose, an essential component of wood.
text: They feed on cellulose, which is the main component of wood.
text: Termites are pests that live in colonies and feed on cellulose found in plants and wood.
text: When solid wood sounds hollow (tapping on it creates a slight echo), termites may be feeding on the cellulose inside it.