Isolation of a tannin-protein complex-degrading fungus from faeces of hill cattle.
Faecal samples of 52 hill cattle fed largely on oak leaves were screened for tannin-protein complex-degrading micro-organisms under different culture conditions using tannin-treated brain heart infusion agar medium. None of the animals were found to harbour tannin-protein complex-degrading enterobacteria. However, a fungus identified as Aspergillus niger van Tieghem having tannin-protein complex-degrading activity, was consistently isolated from the faeces of such animals. Optimum growth and sporulation was noticed under aerobic conditions at 30 degrees C on Czapek Yeast Agar medium.
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Regional Station, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Palampur, India.
Makkar
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HP
Singh
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D000332:Aerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D001234:Aspergillus niger / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D047348:Hydrolyzable Tannins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
D047348:Hydrolyzable Tannins; D011506:Proteins