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Interactions between rumen anaerobic fungi and ciliate protozoa in the degradation of rice straw cell walls
Author(s) -
Widyastuti Y.,
Newbold C.J.,
Stewart C.S.,
Ørskov E.R.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1995.tb00408.x
Subject(s) - rumen , protozoa , fermentation , biology , fungus , straw , botany , anaerobic exercise , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , agronomy , physiology
Suspensions of mixed rumen protozoa were added to incubations of the anaerobic fungus Neocallimastix patriciarum with rice straw cell walls. The protozoa did not influence the dry matter lost from the straw, or the solubilization of monosaccharides, but they had a marked effect on the fermentation products formed. Studies with 14 C‐labelled protozoa suggested that the presence of protozoa reduced the fungal carboxymethylcellulase activity to around half of that found in pure cultures of the fungus.