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Cellulolytic bacteria from pig large intestine

1984; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 47; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/aem.47.1.219-221.1984

1098-5336

V. H. Varel, S J Fryda, I. M. Robinson,

Gut microbiota and health

An anaerobic, cellulose-degrading, gram-negative rod and a gram-positive coccus, identified as Bacteroides succinogenes and Ruminococcus flavefaciens, respectively, were isolated from pig fecal samples. These organisms were isolated from cellulolytic most-probable-number dilutions which represented 4 or 6% of the viable bacterial count when pigs were fed a low- or high-fiber diet, respectively.