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VII.—GALVANOTROPIC FRACTIONATION OP RUMEN CILIATES
Author(s) -
Masson M. J.,
Iggo A.,
Reid E. S.,
Mann G. P.
Publication year - 1952
Publication title -
journal of the royal microscopical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0368-3974
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1952.tb00995.x
Subject(s) - rumen , protozoa , ciliate , fractionation , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , food science , chromatography , ecology , fermentation
A technique for the galvanotropic separation of indigenous ciliate protozoa from the rumen contents of sheep is presented. A fractionation of these isolated protozoa into three populations—isotrichs, large oligotrichs, small oligotrichs—is described and illustrated. Some applications of these findings in rumen microbiology are enumerated.