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The persistence of bacterial and methanogenic archaeal communities residing in the rumen of young lambs.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20236326     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The aim of this experiment was to study the persistence in time of bacterial and methanogenic archaeal communities that establish in the rumen of lambs fed two different diets at weaning. Twenty ewes with single lambs were used in two phases. In phase I, 10 lambs had access only to grass hay (H group). The other 10 lambs had free access to concentrate and grass hay (C group). After 20 weeks, five lambs from each group were slaughtered and rumen samples were kept for analysis. In phase II, the remaining lambs were grouped together and fed grass plus concentrate for 4 months and then slaughtered, and rumen samples were collected for analysis. Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis showed a different bacterial and methanogen population established in the rumen of H and C lambs in phase I. These differences disappeared for methanogens after both groups were fed the same diet for 4 months; however, the total bacterial community remained different for the H and C samples. Our results suggest that some of the differences in the microbial populations that establish in animals fed different diets at weaning persist in the long term, which provides the possibility of programming the microbial populations in the adult animal.
Authors:
David R Yáñez-Ruiz; Beatriz Macías; Eric Pinloche; Charles J Newbold
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-02-16
Journal Detail:
Title:  FEMS microbiology ecology     Volume:  72     ISSN:  1574-6941     ISO Abbreviation:  FEMS Microbiol. Ecol.     Publication Date:  2010 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-05-28     Completed Date:  2010-09-08     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8901229     Medline TA:  FEMS Microbiol Ecol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  272-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Aberystywth, UK.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Archaea / genetics,  growth & development*
Bacteria / genetics,  growth & development*
DNA, Archaeal / genetics
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Diet
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Rumen / microbiology*
Sheep, Domestic / microbiology*
Time Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/DNA, Archaeal; 0/DNA, Bacterial

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