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Kim MJ, Sung HG, Upadhaya SD, Ha JK, Lee SS. Effects of Methylcellulose on Fibrolytic Bacterial Detachment and In vitro Degradation of Rice Straw. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2014; 26:1459-65. [PMID: 25049729 PMCID: PMC4093079 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2013.13220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Revised: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Two in vitro experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of methylcellulose (MC) on i) bacterial detachment from rice straw as well as ii) inhibition of bacterial attachment and fiber digestibility. To evaluate the effect of MC on fibrolytic bacterial detachment (Exp 1), in vitro bacterial cultures with 0.1% (w/v) MC solution were compared with cultures without MC after 8 h incubation. The effect of MC on inhibition of bacterial attachment was determined by comparing with real-time PCR the populations of F. succinogenes, R. flavefaciens and R. albus established on rice straw pre-treated with 0.1% MC with those on untreated straw after incubation for 0, 6 and 12 h (Exp 2). The major fibrolytic bacterial attachment on rice straw showed significantly lower populations with either the addition of MC to the culture or pre-treated rice straw compared to controls (p<0.05). Also, the digestibility of rice straw with MC was significantly lower compared with control (p<0.05). The F. succinogenes population did not show detachment from rice straw, but showed an inhibition of attachment and proliferation on rice straw in accordance with a decrease of fiber digestion. The detachments of Ruminococcus species co-existed preventing the proliferations with subsequent reduction of fiber degradation by MC during the incubation. Their detachments were induced from stable colonization as well as the initial adhesion on rice straw by MC in in vitro ruminal fermentation. Furthermore, the detachment of R. albus was more sensitive to MC than was R. flavefaciens. These results showed the certain evidence that attachment of major fibrolytic bacteria had an effect on fiber digestion in the rumen, and each of fibrolytic bacteria, F. succinogenes, R. flavefaciens and R. albus had a specific mechanism of attachment and detachment to fiber.
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Sangji University, Wonju, 220-702, Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Sangji University, Wonju, 220-702, Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Sangji University, Wonju, 220-702, Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Sangji University, Wonju, 220-702, Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science and IALS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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Biochemical Characterization of Cellulose-Binding Proteins (CBPA and CBPB) from the Rumen Cellulolytic BacteriumEubacterium cellulosolvens5. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 71:2577-80. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sung HG, Kim MJ, Upadhaya SD, Ha JK, Lee SS. Effects of Methylcellulose on Cellulolytic Bacteria Attachment and Rice Straw Degradation in the In vitro Rumen Fermentation. ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCES 2013; 26:1276-81. [PMID: 25049909 PMCID: PMC4093397 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2013.13217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Revised: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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An in vitro experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of methylcellulose on the attachment of major cellulolytic bacteria on rice straw and its digestibility. Rice straw was incubated with ruminal mixture with or without 0.1% methylcellulose (MC). The attachment of F. succinogenes, R. flavefaciens and R. albus populations on rice straw was measured using real-time PCR with specific primer sets. Methylcellulose at the level of 0.1% decreased the attachment of all three major cellulolytic bacteria. In particular, MC treatment reduced (p<0.05) attachment of F. succinogenes on rice straw after 10 min of incubation while a significant reduction (p<0.05) in attachment was not observed until 4 h incubation in the case of R. flavefaciens and R. albus. This result indicated F. succinogenes responded to MC more sensitively and earlier than R. flavefaciens and R. albus. Dry matter digestibility of rice straw was subsequently inhibited by 0.1% MC, and there was a significant difference between control and MC treatment (p<0.05). Incubated cultures containing MC had higher pH and lower gas production than controls. Current data clearly indicated that the attachment of F. succinogenes, R. flavefaciens and R. albus on rice straw was inhibited by MC, which apparently reduced rice straw digestion.
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- Ha Guyn Sung
- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Sangji University, Wonju, 220-702, Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Sangji University, Wonju, 220-702, Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Sangji University, Wonju, 220-702, Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Sangji University, Wonju, 220-702, Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Sangji University, Wonju, 220-702, Korea
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Critical evaluation of solid waste sample processing for DNA-based microbial community analysis. Biodegradation 2010; 22:189-204. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-010-9387-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2010] [Accepted: 07/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Bhat S, Wallace RJ, Orskov ER. Adhesion of cellulolytic ruminal bacteria to barley straw. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 56:2698-703. [PMID: 16348278 PMCID: PMC184830 DOI: 10.1128/aem.56.9.2698-2703.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Adhesion of the cellulolytic ruminal bacteria Ruminococcus flavefaciens and Fibrobacter succinogenes to barley straw was measured by incubating bacterial suspensions with hammer-milled straw for 30 min, filtering the mixtures through sintered glass filters, and measuring the optical densities of the filtrates. Maximum adhesion of both species occurred at pH 6.0 and during mid- to late-exponential phase. Adhesion was saturable at 33 and 23 mg (dry weight) g of straw for R. flavefaciens and F. succinogenes, respectively. Methyl cellulose and carboxymethyl cellulose inhibited adhesion by 24 to 33%. Competition between species was determined by measuring characteristic cell-associated enzyme activities in filtrates of mixtures incubated with straw; p-nitrophenyl-beta-d-lactopyranoside hydrolysis was used as a marker for F. succinogenes, while either beta-xylosidase or carboxymethyl cellulase was used for R. flavefaciens, depending on the other species present. R. flavefaciens had no influence on F. succinogenes adhesion, and F. succinogenes had only a minor (<20%) effect on R. flavefaciens adhesion. The noncellulolytic ruminal bacteria Bacteroides ruminicola and Selenomonas ruminantium had no influence on adhesion of either cellulolytic species, although these organisms also adhered to the straw. We concluded that R. flavefaciens and F. succinogenes have separate, specific adhesion sites on barley straw that are not obscured by competition with non-cellulolytic species.
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- S Bhat
- Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB, United Kingdom
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Imam SH, Greene RV, Griffin HL. Adhesive properties of a symbiotic bacterium from a wood-boring marine shipworm. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 56:1317-22. [PMID: 16348185 PMCID: PMC184402 DOI: 10.1128/aem.56.5.1317-1322.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Adhesive properties of a cellulolytic, nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from a marine shipworm by Waterbury et al. (J. B. Waterbury, C. B. Calloway, and R. D. Turner, Science 221:1401-1403, 1983) are described. S-labeled cells of the shipworm bacterium bound preferentially to Whatman no. 1 cellulose filter paper, compared with its binding to other cellulose substrata or substrata lacking cellulose. The ability of the bacteria to bind to Whatman no. 1 filter paper was significantly reduced by glutaraldehyde or heat treatment of cells. Pretreatment of cells with azide, valinomycin, gramicidin-D, bis-hexafluoroacetylacetone (1799), or carbonyl cyanide-p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone inhibited adhesion activity. Cells pretreated with pronase or trypsin also exhibited reduced binding activity, but chymotrypsin and peptidase had no effect on adhesion activity. Cellodextrins and methyl cellulose 15 inhibited the adhesion of shipworm bacteria to filter paper, whereas glucose, cellobiose, and soluble carboxymethyl cellulose had no significant effect. The divalent cation chelators EDTA and EGTA [ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N'N'-tetraacetic acid] had little or no effect on adhesive properties of shipworm bacteria. Also, preabsorbing the substratum with extracellular endoglucanase isolated from the shipworm bacterium or 1% bovine serum albumin had no apparent effect on bacterial binding. Low concentrations (0.01%) of sodium dodecyl sulfate solubilized a fraction from whole cells, which appeared to be involved in cellular binding activity. After removal of sodium dodecyl sulfate, several proteins in this fraction associated with intact cells. These cells exhibited up to 50% enhanced binding to filter paper in comparison to cells which had not been exposed to the sodium dodecyl sulfate-solubilized fraction.
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- S H Imam
- Northern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois 61604
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Ramos S, Tejido M, Ranilla M, Martínez M, Saro C, Carro M. Influence of detachment procedure and diet on recovery of solid-associated bacteria from sheep ruminal digesta and representativeness of bacterial isolates as assessed by automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis-polymerase chain reaction. J Dairy Sci 2009; 92:5659-68. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Martínez ME, Ranilla MJ, Ramos S, Tejido ML, Saro C, Carro MD. Evaluation of procedures for detaching particle-associated microbes from forage and concentrate incubated in Rusitec fermenters: efficiency of recovery and representativeness of microbial isolates. J Anim Sci 2009; 87:2064-72. [PMID: 19251933 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Three detachment procedures (DP) were evaluated for their ability to remove particle-associated microbes from digesta in Rusitec fermenters fed a 30:70 alfalfa hay:concentrate diet. Forage and concentrate were incubated in separate nylon bags, and incubation residues were treated independently. Microbial biomass was labeled with (15)NH(4)Cl. Treatments were 1) MET: residues were incubated at 38 degrees C for 15 min with saline solution (0.9% NaCl) containing 0.1% methylcellulose with continuous shaking; 2) STO: residues were mixed with cold saline solution and homogenized with a stomacher for 5 min at 230 revolutions per min; and 3) FRE: residues were immediately frozen at -20 degrees C for 72 h, thawed at 4 degrees C, mixed with saline solution, and subjected to STO procedure. Common to all treatments was storing at 4 degrees C for 24 h after the treatment, homogenization, filtration, and resuspension of residues 2 times in the treatment solutions. Microbial pellets were obtained by centrifugation, and microbial removal was estimated indirectly by measuring removal of (15)N. The PCR-single-stranded conformation polymorphism analysis of the 16S ribosomal DNA was used to analyze the similarity between microbial communities attached to the substrate and those in the pellet obtained after each DP. There were no feed x DP interactions (P = 0.16 to 0.96) for any variable, except for N content in microbial pellets (P = 0.02). Detaching efficiency (P = 0.004) and total recovery (P = 0.01) were affected by DP, with STO showing the greatest values (mean values across substrates of 64.1% for detaching efficiency and 58.3% for total recovery) and MET the least values (57.0 and 51.8%). Similarity index between the microbes attached to substrates and those in the pellets were affected (P = 0.02) by DP, with MET showing greater (P < 0.02) values (84.0 and 86.4% for forage and concentrate, respectively) than FRE (72.5 and 67.8%) and STO having intermediate values (77.1 and 82.4%). There were no differences (P = 0.70) among particle-associated microbe pellets in their N content, but MET pellets had greater (P < 0.05) (15)N enrichments than those obtained by STO and FRE. Although STO was the most effective method to detach ruminal microbes from concentrate and forage, MET produced pellets with the greatest similarity to the microbial communities attached to the substrates and therefore could be considered the most appropriate DP method for treating digesta from Rusitec fermenters.
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- Departamento de Producción Animal, Universidad de León, 24007 León, Spain
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Gehin A, Gelhaye E, Petitdemange H. Adhesion ofClostridium cellulolyticumspores to filter paper. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1996.tb03208.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Evaluation of techniques to detach particle-associated microorganisms from rumen contents. Anim Feed Sci Technol 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2005.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Toyoda A, Yoshimatsu M, Takano K, Minato H. Cloning, nucleotide sequence and module structure of the gene encoding the cellulose-binding protein B (CBPB) of Eubacterium cellulosolvens 5. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2005; 51:213-20. [PMID: 16205028 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.51.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding the cellulose-binding protein B (CBPB) of Eubacterium cellulosolvens 5 was determined. The gene consists of an open reading frame of 3,429 nucleotides. The deduced amino acid sequence of CBPB contained one module highly similar to a catalytic module of glycosyl hydrolase family 9 (GHF9), one module partially similar to a family 3 carbohydrate-binding module (CBM3), two linkers, one module similar to a CBM of cellulose-binding protein A (CBPA) from E. cellulosolvens 5, and one module almost identical to a cell wall-binding module (CWBM) of CBPA. The module similar to GHF9 showed CMCase activity, and the modules similar to CBM3 and CBM of CBPA bound to cellulose. Moreover, the module highly similar to CWBM of CBPA bound to the cell walls prepared from E. cellulosolvens 5. The amino acid sequence of CBPB had a significant homology (64.15% sequence identity) with that of CBPA. These results suggest that cbpA and cbpB genes descended from the same ancestral cellulase gene.
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- Atsushi Toyoda
- Division of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Japan.
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Toyoda A, Minato H. Identification of the cellulose-binding and the cell wall-binding domains of Eubacterium cellulosolvens 5 cellulose-binding protein A (CBPA). FEMS Microbiol Lett 2002; 214:113-8. [PMID: 12204381 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2002.tb11333.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The cellulose-binding domain (CBD) and the cell wall-binding domain (CWBD) of Eubacterium cellulosolvens 5 cellulose-binding protein A (CBPA) have been determined. The gene (cbpA) encoding CBPA and its derivatives were expressed in Escherichia coli. We were able to obtain the eight recombinant proteins and examine for their cellulose-binding ability, cell wall-binding ability and carboxymethyl cellulase (CMCase) activity. Since five recombinant proteins, which contain the unknown domain (UD-2) located between two linker-like regions of CBPA, bound to cellulose, this region has been identified as the CBD. The CBD did not show a significant sequence similarity with any other CBDs. Moreover, the N-terminal region of CBPA showed a significant sequence similarity with a catalytic domain of glycosyl hydrolase family 9, and the recombinant proteins containing the region showed CMCase activity. Since the UD-3, which is located in the C-terminal region of CBPA, bound to the cell walls of E. cellulosolvens 5, the region has been identified as the CWBD. However, the CWBD did not show a significant sequence similarity with any other proteins previously reported.
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Toyoda A, Yoda K, Nakamura Y, Minato H. Presence of several cellulose-binding proteins in culture supernatant and cell lysate of Eubacterium cellulosolvens 5. J GEN APPL MICROBIOL 2001; 47:321-328. [PMID: 12483607 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.47.321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Attempts were made to separate and characterize cellulose-binding proteins (CBPs) from both the culture supernatant and cell lysate of Eubacterium cellulosolvens 5. Once the CBPs were bound to Avicel cellulose, they were then effectively eluted with the solution containing 3.2 or 5% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), but not eluted with the solution containing various kinds of carbohydrates and reagents. Namely, CBPs in both the culture supernatant and cell lysate of the bacterium bound tightly and strongly to cellulose. The SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of the eluted CBPs indicated that the CBPs contained the two major proteins having the molecular weights of approximately 160 and 84 kilodaltons (kDa) and one sub-major protein having a molecular weight of approximately 140 kDa. Zymogram analysis after the SDS-PAGE of the eluted CBPs showed that two proteins exhibited the highest levels of carboxymethyl cellulase (CMCase) activity corresponding to the molecular weights of approximately 160 and 90 kDa. A major protein having the molecular weight of approximately 160 kDa exhibited a distinct CMCase activity and was designated as CBPE1. Western immunoblot analysis indicated that the proteins prepared from 16 representative strains of rumen bacteria did not cross-react with rabbit antiserum raised against CBPE1. Thus, CBPE1 may be a unique CBP that plays an important role in the adhesion of the bacterium to cellulose.
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- Atsushi Toyoda
- Division of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki 300-0393, Japan
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We divided the adhesion process of the predominant cellulolytic rumen bacteria Fibrobacter succinogenes, Ruminococcus flavefaciens, and Ruminococcus albus into four phases: 1) transport of the nonmotile bacteria to the substrate; 2) initial nonspecific adhesion of bacteria to unprotected sites of the substrate that is dominated by constitutive elements of bacterial glycocalyx; 3) specific adhesion via adhesins or ligands formation with the substrate, which can be dominated by several bacterial organelles including cellulosome complexes, fimbriae connections, glycosylated epitopes of cellulose-binding protein (CBP) or glycocalyx, and cellulose-binding domain (CBD) of enzymes; 4) proliferation of the attached bacteria on potentially digestible tissues of the substrate. Each of the phases and its significance in the adhesion process are described. Factors affecting bacterial adhesion are described including: 1) factors related to bacterial age, glycocalyx condition, and microbial competition; 2) factors related to the nature of substrate including, cuticle protection, surface area, hydration, and ionic charge; and 3) environmental factors including pH, temperature, and presence of cations and soluble carbohydrate. Based on the information available from the literature, it appears that each of the predominant rumen bacteria--F. succinogenes, R. flavefaciens, and R. albus--has a specific mechanism of adhesion to cellulose. In F. succinogenes, both the glycosidic residues of the outer membrane CBP and especially of the 180-kDa CBP, and the distinct CBD of EG2 EGF and Cl-stimulated cellobiosidase, may play a role in the adhesion to cellulose. No direct evidence, except scanning electron microscopy observations, yet supports the existence of either cellulosome complex or fimbriae structures involved in the adhesion mechanism of F. succinogenes. At least two mechanisms, cellulosome-like complexes and carbohydrate epitopes of the glycocalyx layer are involved in the specific adhesion of R. flavefaciens to cellulose. Ruminococcus albus possesses at least two mechanisms for specific adhesion to cellulose: a cellulosomal-like mechanism, and a CbpC (Pil)-protein mechanism that probably involves the production of fimbrial-like structures. Indirect and direct studies suggested that carbohydrate epitopes of CBPs and CBD epitope of cellulases may also be involved mostly in the nonspecific phase of adhesion of R. albus.
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- J Miron
- Metabolic Unit, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, Israel.
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Attachment to cellulose and maturation of attached thalli in the anaerobic rumen fungus Neocallimastix frontalis strain RE1. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1017/s0953756298006212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Martı́n-Orúe S, Balcells J, Zakraoui F, Castrillo C. Quantification and chemical composition of mixed bacteria harvested from solid fractions of rumen digesta: effect of detachment procedure. Anim Feed Sci Technol 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0377-8401(97)00156-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Shi Y, Odt CL, Weimer PJ. Competition for cellulose among three predominant ruminal cellulolytic bacteria under substrate-excess and substrate-limited conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:734-42. [PMID: 9023950 PMCID: PMC168362 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.2.734-742.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Three predominant ruminal cellulolytic bacteria (Fibrobacter succinogenes S85, Ruminococcus flavefaciens FD-1, and Ruminococcus albus 7) were grown in different binary combinations to determine the outcome of competition in either cellulose-excess batch culture or in cellulose-limited continuous culture. Relative populations of each species were estimated by using signature membrane-associated fatty acids and/or 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Both F. succinogenes and R. flavefaciens coexisted in cellulose-excess batch culture with similar population sizes (58 and 42%, respectively; standard error, 12%). By contrast, under cellulose limitation R. flavefaciens predominated (> 96% of total cell mass) in coculture with F. succinogenes, regardless of whether the two strains were inoculated simultaneously or whether R. flavefaciens was inoculated into an established culture of F. succinogenes. The predominance of R. flavefaciens over F. succinogenes under cellulose limitation is in accord with the former's more rapid adherence to cellulose and its higher affinity for cellodextrin products of cellulose hydrolysis. In batch cocultures of F. succinogenes and R. albus, the populations of the two species were similar. However, under cellulose limitation, F. succinogenes was the predominant strain (approximately 80% of cell mass) in cultures simultaneously coinoculated with R. albus. The results from batch cocultures of R. flavefaciens and R. albus were not consistent within or among trials: some experiments yielded monocultures of R. albus (suggesting production of an inhibitory agent by R. albus), while others contained substantial populations of both species. Under cellulose limitation, R. flavefaciens predominated over R. albus (85 and 15%, respectively), as would be expected by the former's greater adherence to cellulose. The retention of R. albus in the cellulose-limited coculture may result from a combination of its ability to utilize glucose (which is not utilizable by R. flavefaciens), its demonstrated ability to adapt under selective pressure in the chemostat to utilization of lower concentrations of cellobiose, a major product of cellulose hydrolysis, and its possible production of an inhibitory agent.
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- Y Shi
- Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706, USA
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Ruminant animals depend on cellulolytic ruminal bacteria to digest cellulose, but these bacteria cannot resist the low ruminal pH that modern feeding practices can create. Because the cellulolytic bacteria cannot grow on cellobiose at low pH, pH sensitivity is a general aspect of growth and not just a limitation of the cellulases per se. Acid-resistant ruminal bacteria have evolved the capacity to let their intracellular pH decrease, maintain a small pH gradient across the cell membrane, and prevent an intracellular accumulation of VFA anions. Cellulolytic bacteria cannot grow with a low intracellular pH, and an increase in pH gradient leads to anion toxicity. Prevotella ruminicola cannot digest native cellulose, but it grows at low pH and degrades the cellulose derivative, carboxymethylcellulose. The Prevotella ruminicola carboxymethylcellulase cannot bind to cellulose, but a recombinant enzyme having the Prevotella ruminicola catalytic domain and a binding domain from Thermomonspora fusca was able to bind and had cellulase activity that was at least 10-fold higher. Based on these results, gene reconstruction offers a means of converting Prevotella ruminicola into a ruminal bacterium that can digest cellulose at low pH.
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- J B Russell
- Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Gehin A, Gelhaye E, Raval G, Petitdemange H. Clostridium cellulolyticum Viability and Sporulation under Cellobiose Starvation Conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 1995; 61:868-71. [PMID: 16534970 PMCID: PMC1388369 DOI: 10.1128/aem.61.3.868-871.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Depending on the moment of cellobiose starvation, Clostridium cellulolyticum cells behave in different ways. Cells starved during the exponential phase of growth sporulate at 30%, whereas exhaustion of the carbon substrate at the beginning of growth does not provoke cell sporulation. Growth in the presence of excess cellobiose generates 3% spores. The response of C. cellulolyticum to carbon starvation involves changes in proteolytic activities; higher activities (20% protein degradation) corresponded to a higher level of sporulation; lower proteolysis (5%) was observed in cells starved during the beginning of exponential growth, when sporulation was not observed; with an excess of cellobiose, an intermediate value (10%), accompanied by a low level of sporulation, was observed in cells taken at the end of the exponential growth phase. The basal percentage of the protein breakdown in nonstarved culture was 4%. Cells lacking proteolytic activities failed to induce sporulation. High concentrations of cellobiose repressed proteolytic activities and sporulation. The onset of carbon starvation during the growth phase affected the survival response of C. cellulolyticum via the sporulation process and also via cell-cellulose interaction. Cells from the exponential growth phase were more adhesive to filter paper than cells from the stationary growth phase but less than cells from the late stationary growth phase.
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Firkins JL, Bowman JG, Weiss WP, Naderer J. Effects of protein, carbohydrate, and fat sources on bacterial colonization degradation of fiber in vitro. J Dairy Sci 1991; 74:4273-83. [PMID: 1664837 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(91)78622-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In trial 1, our objectives were to study effects of different substrates (cellulose, red clover, and orchardgrass) on bacterial colonization and degradation of fiber. To quantitate bacterial colonization, we used 15N as a marker. Use of 15N appeared to underestimate bacterial colonization of cellulose, but it was assumed that relative differences among treatments and across times were accurate. The 15N and carboxymethylcellulase activity techniques gave similar patterns for bacterial colonization with time on purified cellulose but not orchardgrass or red clover; this indicated a higher concentration of cellulolytic versus total bacteria colonizing cellulose. Relatively lower detachment from red clover or orchardgrass than cellulose with time may have been due to selection for different types of microbes that were attached more firmly or were less prone to lysis. In trial 2, replacing cellulose with 30% starch or different protein sources (12% CP) decreased NDF digestion of crystalline cellulose but increased adherent bacterial CP concentration (estimated using 15N) and carboxymethylcellulase activity. The addition of starch and preformed protein may have selected for adherent, noncellulolytic microbes and decreased cellulolysis. The addition of 10% unsaturated or saturated fat did not affect colonization or NDF digestion, perhaps because of the larger surface area of the cellulose dispersing fatty acids more than would occur with more typical substrates. The addition of starch probably increased carboxymethylcellulase activity more than when using purines or 15N. Experiments using pure cultures of bacteria or purified substrates are not necessarily related to those using mixed cultures or natural forages.
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- J L Firkins
- Department of Dairy Science, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
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Ha YW, Stack RJ, Hespell RB, Gordon SH, Bothast RJ. Some chemical and physical properties of extracellular polysaccharides produced by Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens strains. Appl Environ Microbiol 1991; 57:2016-20. [PMID: 1892390 PMCID: PMC183514 DOI: 10.1128/aem.57.7.2016-2020.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Most strains of Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens are known to produce extracellular polysaccharides (EPs). However, the rheological and functional properties of these EPs have not been determined. Initially, 26 strains of Butyrivibrio were screened for EP yield and apparent viscosities of cell-free supernatants. Yields ranged from less than 1.0 to 16.3 mg per 100 mg of glucose added to the culture. Viscosities ranged from 0.71 to 5.44 mPa.s. Five strains (CF2d, CF3, CF3a, CE51, and H10b) were chosen for further screening. The apparent viscosity of the EP from each of these strains decreased by only 50 to 60% when the shear rate was increased from 20 to 1,000 s-1. Strain CE51 produced the EP having the highest solution viscosity. A detailed comparison of shear dependency of the EP from strain CF3 with xanthan gum showed that this EP was less shear sensitive than xanthan gum and, at a shear rate of 1,000 s-1, more viscous. EPs from strains CF3 and H10b were soluble over a wide range of pH (1 to 13) in 80% (vol/vol) ethanol-water or in 1% (wt/vol) salt solutions. The pH of 1% EP solutions was between 4.5 and 5.5. Addition of acid increased solution viscosities, whereas addition of base decreased viscosity. EPs from strains CF3, CE51, and H10b displayed qualitatively similar infrared spectra. Calcium and sodium were the most abundant minerals in the three EPs. The amounts of magnesium, calcium, and iron varied considerably among the EPs, but the potassium contents remained relatively constant.
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- Y W Ha
- Fermentation Biochemistry Unit, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois 61604
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Mackie RI, White BA. Recent advances in rumen microbial ecology and metabolism: potential impact on nutrient output. J Dairy Sci 1990; 73:2971-95. [PMID: 2178174 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(90)78986-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Feedstuffs consumed by ruminants are all initially exposed to fermentative activity in the rumen prior to gastric and intestinal digestion. The extent and type of transformation of feedstuffs thus determines the productive performance of the host. Research on rumen microbial ecology and metabolism is essentially a study of the interactions between the host, microorganisms present, substrates available, and end products of digestion. Furthermore, the interactions of the normal microbial flora with the host can be manipulated to improve the efficiency of nutrient utilization in ruminant animals. Three important areas of ruminal fermentation will be reviewed, N metabolism, fiber degradation, and biotransformation of toxic compounds. The extent of protein degradation and the rate of uptake of resultant peptides and ammonia are extremely important factors in determining the efficiency of N utilization by rumen bacteria and, therefore, the relative amounts of microbial or bypass protein available to the host. Strategies aimed at identifying and characterizing rate-limiting enzymes of cellulolytic bacteria are essential in elucidating mechanisms involved in ruminal fiber degradation. Results obtained with ruminococci will be described. The detoxification of phytotoxins by passage through the gastrointestinal tract of ruminants is a process deserving special attention and several examples will be presented. Opportunities for manipulation of rumen fermentation are good. However, successful manipulation and full exploitation depend on a through understanding of the mechanisms involved.
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- R I Mackie
- Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 61801
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Roger V, Fonty G, Komisarczuk-Bony S, Gouet P. Effects of Physicochemical Factors on the Adhesion to Cellulose Avicel of the Ruminal Bacteria
Ruminococcus flavefaciens
and
Fibrobacter succinogenes
subsp.
succinogenes. Appl Environ Microbiol 1990; 56:3081-7. [PMID: 16348315 PMCID: PMC184902 DOI: 10.1128/aem.56.10.3081-3087.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Ruminococcus flavefaciens
adhered instantly to cellulose, while
Fibrobacter succinogenes
had the highest percentage of adherent cells after about 25 min of contact between bacteria and cellulose. Adhesion of
R. flavefaciens
was unaffected by high concentrations of sugars (5%), temperature, pH, oxygen, metabolic inhibitors, and lack of Na
+
. In contrast, the attachment was affected by the removal of divalent cations (Mg
2+
and Ca
2+
), the presence of cellulose derivatives (methylcellulose and hydroxyethylcellulose), and cystine. Adhesion of
F. succinogenes
was sensitive to low and high temperatures, high concentrations of glucose and cellobiose (5%), hydroxyethylcellulose (0.1%), redox potential, pH, lack of monovalent cations, and the presence of an inhibitor of membrane ATPases or lasalocid and monensin. Cells of
F. succinogenes
heated at 100°C no longer were adherent. On the other hand, adhesion was insensitive to the lack of divalent cations (Mg
2+
and Ca
2+
), the presence of 2,4-dinitrophenol, tetrachlorosalicylanilide, or inhibitors of the electron transfer chains. Adhesion of
F. succinogenes
seems to be related to the metabolic functions of the cell. External proteins and/or cellulases themselves might play a part in the attachment process. Several mechanisms are probably involved in the adhesion of
R. flavefaciens
, the main one being the interaction between the large glycocalyx and the divalent cations Ca
2+
and Mg
2+
. Hydrophobic bonds and enzymes may also be involved.
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- V Roger
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, INRA, CR de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, 63122 Ceyrat, Laboratoire de Biologie Comparée des Protistes, CNRS URA 138, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont II, 63170 Aubière, and Station de Recherches de Nutrition, INRA, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France
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