1 the act of burning something; the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance. 2  a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light.  a state of violent disturbance and excitement; combustion grew until revolt was unavoidable.
It is not the cow that digests the feed but the bacteria in the rumen, which does the most of this work. The rumen contains billion bacteria and more specially, 1 mL of rumen fluid contains 10-50 billion microbes and over 1 million protozoa. These bacteria attach to the feed particles to digest the feed.UMEN (picture 1) : This is the first compartment of the cattleâs stomach and where fermentation occurs, which allows for the digestion of fiber and other feeds. This is the largest compartment of the stomach and can hold up to 50 gallons of digested feed.
Figure 7-23Fermentation in yeast produces ethyl alcohol. The carbon dioxide that isreleased during fermentation creates bubbles and pockets that make breadrise. The alcohol evaporates during baking. There are also fungi and bacteria that produce lactic acid duringfermentation, just as your muscle cells do.Humans use these microbes totransform milk into cheese and yogurt.hen yeast cells are kept in ananaerobic environmentâan environment without oxygenâthey areforced to ferment sugar and other foods. In contrast to fermentation inyour muscle cells, fermentation in yeast produces alcohol, instead oflactic acid, as a waste product (Figure 7-23).