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. 2017 Apr 20;8:666. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00666

Table 3.

Number of cellulases and xylanases in cow rumen and in sheep; α-mannosidase and β-N-acetylglucosaminidases are shown for comparison.

Activity Family Cow rumen§ Sheep*
Cellulase GH9 795 222
GH45 115 6
GH48 3 1
Xylanase GH10 1,025 316
GH11 165 5
α-mannosidase GH38 272 635
β-N-acetylglucosaminidase GH20 765 1,088
§

Taken from Hess et al. (2011).

*

This work; average of large intestine and rectum for the three animals, scaled to the same overall number of GHs as in Hess et al. (2011).