1. The specific reaction involved is the hydrolysis of the 1,4-beta-D-glycosidic linkages in Cellulose, hemiCellulose, lichenin, and cereal beta-D-glucans

2. Of 22 carbohydrates incubated, the midgut hydrolized the α-glucosides amylum, glycogen, maltose, sucrose, trehalose, turanose, the β-glucosides lichenin and cellobiose and the α-galactoside melibiose.