title: Utilization of individual cellodextrins by three predominant ruminal cellulolytic bacteria.
abstract: Growth of the ruminal bacteria Fibrobacter succinogenes S85, Ruminococcus flavefaciens FD-1, and R. albus 7 followed Monod kinetics with respect to concentrations of individual pure cellodextrins (cellobiose, cellotriose, cellotetraose, cellopentaose, and cellohexaose). Under the conditions tested, R. flavefaciens FD-1 possesses the greatest capacity to compete for low concentrations of these cellodextrins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Weimer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D012417:Rumen / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D002482:Cellulose