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BOTH the rumen in ruminant and the cæcum in non-ruminant Herbivora support an abundant iodophile microflora: that is, an association of taxonomically diverse species exhibiting, in consequence of the deposition within them of bacterial starch or granulose, the common characteristic of giving a blue reaction with iodine.
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BAKER, F. Microbial Synthesis and Autolysis in the Digestive Tract of Herbivora. Nature 149, 582–583 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149582a0
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