Effects of ruminal protozoa on cellulose degradation and the growth of an anaerobic ruminal fungus, Piromyces sp. strain OTS1, in vitro.
AUTOR(ES)
Morgavi, D P
RESUMO
An anaerobic rumen fungus, Piromyces sp. strain OTS1, was incubated in the presence or absence of a mixed, A-type, protozoal population obtained from a goat, in a medium containing filter paper cellulose as energy source and antibiotics to suppress bacterial growth. Fermentation end products, cellulose degradation, and chitin as an indicator of fungal biomass were examined. In the presence of protozoa, total volatile fatty acids, notably propionate and butyrate, increased, and lactate decreased. In fungus-protozoan coincubations, formate was not detected at the end of the experiment and the amount of reducing sugars remained low throughout the incubation period. The fungal growth in the coincubations was negatively affected. While protozoal predation on zoospores was one mechanism of inhibition, mature fungal cells were also affected. Total cellulose degradation was greater in fungal monocultures, but the amount of cellulose degraded per unit of fungal biomass was 25% larger in the coincubations. The negative effects that the protozoal predatory activity had on the fungal growth and subsequently on the amount of cellulose degraded by Piromyces sp. strain OTS1 were partially attenuated by the protozoal fibrolytic activity or by an enhanced fungal activity due to a more favorable environment.
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