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Ruminococcus albus

An enzymatic approach to cell wall structure

  • 1983
  • Issue: 1
  • Volume: 13
R.E. Hungate, R.J. Stack, L.C. Greve & J.L. Labavitch Page: 51 - 52

Ruminococcus albus was incubated with isolated alfalfa cell wall material for 72 h in batch culture. Cellulose in the cell walls was digested to a somewhat greater extent (88%) than were the fermentable sugars of the hemicellulose fraction (62 -…

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Nutritionally fastidious Ruminococcus flavefaciens strains

  • 1983
  • Issue: 1
  • Volume: 13
C.E.G. Roché, G.S. Miller & A. Kistner Page: 57 - 59

The majority of Ruminococcus flavefaciens strains isolated in our laboratories failed to grow or grew poorly both in rumen fluid medium and in a chemically defined medium containing all the nutrients reported to be required for good growth of this…

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