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Isolation of a tannin‐protein complex‐degrading fungus from faeces of hill cattle
Author(s) -
Bhat T.K.,
Makkar H.P.S.,
Singh B.
Publication year - 1996
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.1996.tb01155.x
Subject(s) - veterinary medicine , feces , isolation (microbiology) , library science , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , computer science
T.K. BHAT, H.P.S. MAKKAR AND B. SINGH. 1996. Faecal samples of 52 hill cattle fed largely on oak leaves were screened for tannin‐protein complex‐degrading micro‐organisms under different culture conditions using tannin‐treated brain heart infusion agar medium. None of the animals were found to harbour tannin‐protein complex‐degrading enterobacteria. However, a fungus identified as Aspergillus niger van Tieghem having tannin‐protein complex‐degrading activity, was consistently isolated from the faeces of such animals. Optimum growth and sporulation was noticed under aerobic conditions at 30°C on Czapek Yeast Agar medium.