Fusobacterium polysaccharolyticum sp.nov., a gram-negative rod from the rumen that produces butyrate and ferments cellulose and starch.
A new Gram-negative, non-sporulating, rod-shaped, anaerobic bacterium capable of fermenting cellulose and starch was isolated from the rumens of sheep fed supplemented maize stover diets. The organism fermented few carbohydrates, showing a preference for polysaccharides. The main acid products of carbohydrate fermentation were butyrate and formate. Acetate was utilized.
D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D002087:Butyrates / Q000378:metabolism; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D005285:Fermentation; D005561:Formates / Q000378:metabolism; D005673:Fusobacterium / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012417:Rumen / Q000382:microbiology*; D012756:Sheep; D013213:Starch / Q000378:metabolism
D002087:Butyrates; D003470:Culture Media; D005561:Formates; D002482:Cellulose; D013213:Starch