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The nutritive value of rumen micro-organisms in ruminants

1. Large-scale isolation and chemical composition of rumen micro-organisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

E. Storm  and
E. R. Ørskov
E. Storm
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
E. R. Ørskov
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
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1. A method is described whereby a large quantity of rumen microbial dry matter of high purity was isolated from whole rumen contents obtained from abattoirs, by means of a continuous process of one filtration through four sieves followed by three differential centrifugations.

2. The contents of ash, carbohydrate, lipid, nitrogen, RNA, DNA and individual amino acids of the three centrifugal fractions are given and compared with values summarized from more than sixty published reports on the chemical composition of rumen micro-organisms isolated from both whole rumen contents and pure cultures.

3. The amino acid composition of isolated rumen micro-organisms, in particular that of the bacteria, was found to be remarkably constant.

Type
Papers on General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , September 1983 , pp. 463 - 470
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1983

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