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The ability of the rumen protozoan Eudiplodinium maggii to utilize chitin.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20680569     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The ability was determined of the rumen ciliate Eudiplodinium maggii to utilize chitin from fungal cell wall. Cultivation experiments shoved that the population concentration (number of ciliates in vitro) was positively correlated with chitin doses. Cell extract prepared from the bacteria-free ciliates degraded colloidal chitin releasing 2.0 micromol reducing sugar per mg protein per h. End products of this reaction were chitotriose and N-acetylglucosamine. Incubation of the bacteria-free ciliates with chitin resulted in an increase in the concentration of acetic, propionic and butyric acids in the incubation medium. The production rate of total volatile fatty acids (VFA) by ciliates incubated with and without chitin was 45.0 and 30.5 pmol VFA per protozoan, respectively, the molar proportion of particular acids remaining unchanged.
Authors:
R Miltko; G Bełzecki; E Kwiatkowska; T Michałowski
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-08-03
Journal Detail:
Title:  Folia microbiologica     Volume:  55     ISSN:  1874-9356     ISO Abbreviation:  Folia Microbiol. (Praha)     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-03     Completed Date:  2010-11-10     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0376757     Medline TA:  Folia Microbiol (Praha)     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  349-51     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
The Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-110, Jabłonna, Poland. r.miltko@ifzz.pan.pl
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acetic Acid / metabolism
Acetylglucosamine / metabolism
Animals
Butyric Acid / metabolism
Chitin / isolation & purification,  metabolism*
Ciliophora / isolation & purification,  metabolism*
Culture Media / chemistry
Fatty Acids, Volatile / metabolism
Fungi / chemistry
Propionic Acids / metabolism
Rumen / parasitology*
Sheep
Trisaccharides / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Culture Media; 0/Fatty Acids, Volatile; 0/Propionic Acids; 0/Trisaccharides; 107-92-6/Butyric Acid; 1398-61-4/Chitin; 41708-93-4/chitotriose; 64-19-7/Acetic Acid; 7512-17-6/Acetylglucosamine; 79-09-4/propionic acid

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