Anaerobic digestion

Carbohydrate digestion involves the conversion of polysaccharides and disaccharides into their relevant components of monosaccharides. Digestion begins in the mouth, where chewing and biting breaks down carbohydrates physically and chemically. The enzyme salivary amylase combines with food. When the food enters the stomach hydrochloric acid present causes hydrolysis of sucrose to glucose and fructose. The food passes to the duodenum where pancreatic amylase is secreted and has optimum PH, so…

our cost of the feed bill on the farm. This is a winner no matter how you look at it. Another process to eliminate our food waste is called anaerobic digestion. With this process, we are able to use organic waste in a way that creates energy including electricity. Renewable energy and soil amendment are just two of the positives of the Anaerobic Digestion method, according to the EPA. Finally, another way we can reduce our scrap food is a very old method known to farmers and gardeners all over…

enzymes facilitate digestion. Salivary Glands The cheeks, under the tongue and around the jaw contain the core salivary glands in the human body. Amylase is an enzyme in saliva that breaks down carbohydrates. Lysozyme is another salivary enzyme, which helps to keep the mouth germ free. Saliva also contains mucus, which coats the food and allows each bite to travel smoothly through the digestive tract. Role of the Stomach Hydrochloric acid is produced by a key organ for digestion, the stomach.…

gases (known as biogas). There are two key processes: mesophilic and thermophilic digestion which is dependent on temperature. A mesophile is an organism that grows best in moderate temperature, neither too hot nor too cold, typically between 20 and 45 °C (68 and 113 °F).[1] The term is mainly applied to microorganisms. Organisms that prefer extreme environments are known as extremophiles. Generally anaerobic digestion in the thermophilic range provides a number of advantages in relation held in…

The city of Arcadia is a future city similar in population, density, and complexity as today’s New York City. This city is surrounded by water on two sides. It is located on the east coast of the United States. The north and west end of the city are on the coast. The climate has four seasons but cold, snowy winters are uncommon given the increase in global warming. The demands for increased self-service and automation in everyday life continues to drive demand for power exponentially. Quality of…

and to describe the diseases and some infections it can lead to under specific conditions. Introduction Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) is a bacteria that grows deep inside of pores, which is relatively slow-growing, typically aerotolerant anaerobic and gram positive type, It feeds on the sebum that is made by the sebaceous glands which surround the base of hair shaft. One of the most prominent properties of these bacterias is that it’s partially…

overall health. Every morning I start the day with a glass spring water or warm lemon water. Lemon has vitamin C packed with antioxidants that supports the immune system, detoxifies the liver, restores and repairs skin and most importantly helps aid digestion for the start of the day. Water in general keeps my body hydrated. I always carry a water bottle around to drink water throughout the day to help boost my concentration while in school. Eating breakfast is vital for energy during the day…

in determining the unknown was oxidation tests such as oxidase, catalase and nitrate reduction tests. The most pertinent of these tests in the identification process was the oxidase test which was negative, meaning the organism is a facultative anaerobic. Though both the nitrate reduction and catalase tests resulted positive, neither were a deciding factor in determining the unknown.…

The process of carbohydrate absorption after consuming food happens in a variety of pathways within the body. The first step to absorption is the process of digestion. This process begins in the mouth. Here, the enzyme a-amylase breaks down the food through the saliva. The process then moves to the small intestine where the digestion products are then absorbed through the intestinal wall into the blood stream and then moved across to other body cells. This then forms glucose and the disaccharide…

benefits include polysaccharide digestion, immune system development, defense against infections, synthesis of vitamins, fat storage, angiogenesis regulation, and behavior development (D 'Argenio 98-101). It would be expected that the bacteria that reside in the colon use the remainder of the food that is not digested and absorbed by an individual in the small intestine. As mentioned earlier one of the benefits of having bacteria in the gut is polysaccharide digestion, meaning that…