Year: 1983
Type: article
Abstract: A method is described whereby a large quantity of rumen microbial dry matter of high purity was isolated from whole rumen contents obtained from abattoirs, by means of a continuous process of one filtration through four sieves followed by three differential centrifugations. The contents of ash, carbohydrate, lipid, nitrogen, RNA, DNA and individual amino acids of the three centrifugal fractions are given and compared with values summarized from more than sixty published reports on the chemical composition of rumen micro-organisms isolated from both whole rumen contents and pure cultures. The amino acid composition of isolated rumen micro-organisms, in particular that of the bacteria, was found to be remarkably constant.
Source: British Journal Of Nutrition
DOI: 10.1079/bjn19830114
Authors: E. Storm, E. R. Ørskov
Language: English
Subfield: Animal Science and Zoology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2397518067