Characterization of the dominant aerobic microorganism in cattle feedlot waste.
The dominant aerobic microorganism in cattle feedlot waste (FLW) is a corynebacterium. It is ubiquitous to FLW except on sites where antibiotics are a constant part of the animals' diet. The organism requires DL-aspartic acid as its nitrogen source for growth, and individual strains also require or are stimulated by L-tyrosine; acetate serves as the carbon source. Amylolytic activity is weak; protease, lipase, and cellulase activities are nil. Despite the abundance of the organism, it probably does not decompose the waste appreciably.
D000085:Acetates / Q000378:metabolism; D000332:Aerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism; D002751:Chlortetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology; D002854:Chromatography, Paper; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003470:Culture Media; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006626:Hippurates / Q000378:metabolism; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008049:Lipase / Q000378:metabolism; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D012492:Salts / Q000494:pharmacology; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013213:Starch / Q000378:metabolism; D013691:Tellurium / Q000494:pharmacology; D013696:Temperature; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D014815:Vitamins / Q000378:metabolism
D000085:Acetates; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D006626:Hippurates; D009566:Nitrates; D012492:Salts; D014815:Vitamins; D014443:Tyrosine; D002244:Carbon; D002482:Cellulose; D013213:Starch; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D002374:Catalase; D008049:Lipase; D009584:Nitrogen; D013691:Tellurium; D002751:Chlortetracycline