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Influence of the maize silage to grass silage ratio and feed particle size of rations for ruminants on the community structure of ruminal Firmicutes in vitro.
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PMID:  20722875     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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AIMS: To investigate the effect of the forage source and feed particle size (FPS) in ruminant rations on the composition of the ruminal Firmicutes community in vitro.
METHODS AND RESULTS: Three diets, varying in maize silage to grass silage ratio and FPS, were incubated in a rumen simulation system. Microbial samples were taken from the liquid fermenter effluents. Microbial community analysis was performed by 16S rRNA-based techniques. Clostridia-specific single-strand conformation polymorphism profiles revealed changes of the community structure in dependence on both factors tested. The coarse grass silage-containing diets seemed to enhance the occurrence of different Roseburia species. As detected by real-time quantitative PCR, Ruminococcus albus showed a higher abundance with decreasing FPS. A slightly lower proportion of Bacilli was found with increasing grass silage to maize silage ratio by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). In contrast, a slightly higher proportion of bacterial species belonging to the Clostridium-clusters XIV a and b was detected by FISH with increasing grass silage contents in the diet.
CONCLUSIONS: The ruminal Firmicutes community is affected by the choice of the forage source and FPS.
SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This study supplies fundamental knowledge about the response of ruminal microbial communities to changing diets. Moreover, the data suggest a standardization of grinding of feeds for in vitro studies to facilitate the comparison of results of different laboratories.
Authors:
M Witzig; J Boguhn; S Kleinsteuber; I Fetzer; M Rodehutscord
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of applied microbiology     Volume:  109     ISSN:  1365-2672     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Appl. Microbiol.     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-12     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9706280     Medline TA:  J Appl Microbiol     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1998-2010     Citation Subset:  IM    
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© 2010 The Authors. Journal of Applied Microbiology © 2010 The Society for Applied Microbiology.
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Universität Hohenheim, Institut für Tierernährung, Stuttgart, Germany. inst450@uni-hohenheim.de
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