NUTRITION AND PHYSIOLOGY OF RUMINOCOCCUS FLAVEFACIENS
- 1 November 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 76 (5), 504-509
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.76.5.504-509.1958
Abstract
A strain of the anaerobic, cellulolytic, rumen bacterium, R. flavefaciens, requires: organic N as peptone or amino acids; carbohydrate in the form of cellulose, cellobiose, mannose or fructose; and growth factors folic acid, adenine, guanine, and additional unidentified factors in peptone or yeast extract. CO2 strict anaerobiosis, and an incubation temperature in the range of 35 to 45[degree]C are also required. Inasmuch as glucose is not utilized, cellulose digestion apparently does not proceed according to the conventional scheme of extracellular hydrolysis to glucose.Keywords
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