Question

Alpha and beta-galactosidase are both enzymes. A. niger and A. oryzae produce and excrete these substances naturally to breakdown large substances in the environment into small molecules that the cell can (one word) ____.

Is it digest?

Also..

Humans ingest the enzymes in these products. The enzymes break carbohydrates into simple units, such as glucose, that can be digested in the small intestine. If the sugars are not broken down, they move to the large intestine (colon), where they are digested by normal microflora, resulting in the production of _____?_______

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Answer 1

Alpha and beta-galactosidase are both enzymes. A. niger and A. oryzae produce and excretethese substances naturally to breakdown large substances in the environment into small molecules that the cell can absorb.

Humans ingest the enzymes in these products. The enzymes break carbohydrates into simple units, such as glucose, that can be digested in the small intestine. If the sugars are not broken down, they move to the large intestine (colon), where they are digested by normal microflora, resulting in the production of short chain fatty acids, lactate, succinate, ethanol, hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide.