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Ruminant Nutrition and Forage Utilization
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 2011;24(3): 379-385.
https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2011.10338    Published online February 22, 2011.
Effect of Glucose Levels and N Sources in Defined Media on Fibrolytic Activity Profiles of Neocallimastix sp. YQ1 Grown on Chinese Wildrye Grass Hay or Alfalfa Hay
H. J. Yang, Q. Yue
Abstract
Ferulic acid esterase (FAE) and acetyl esterase (AE) cleave feruloyl groups substituted at the 5′-OH group of arabinosyl residues and acetyl groups substituted at O-2/O-3 of the xylan backbone, respectively, of arabinoxylans in the cell wall of grasses. In this study, the enzyme profiles of FAE, AE and polysaccharide hydrolases of the anaerobic rumen fungus Neocallimastix sp. YQ1 grown on Chinese wildrye grass hay (CW) or alfalfa hay (AH) were investigated by two 24 factorial experiments, each in 10-day pure cultures. The treatments consisted of two glucose levels (G+: glucose at 1.0 g/L, G-: no glucose) and four N sources (N1: 1.0 g/L yeast extract, 1.0 g/L tryptone and 0.5 g/L (NH4)2SO4; N2: 2.8 g/L yeast extract and 0.5 g/L (NH4)2SO4; N3: 1.6 g/L tryptone and 0.5 g/L (NH4)2SO4; N4: 1.4 g/L tryptone and 1.7 g/L yeast extract) in defined media. The optimal combinations of glucose level and N source for the fungus on CW, instead of AH, were G-N4 and G-N3 for maximum production of FAE and AE, respectively. Xylanase activity peaked on day 4 and day 6 for the fungus grown on CW and AH, respectively. The activities of esterases were positively correlated with those of xylanase and carboxymethyl cellulase. The fungus grown on CW exhibited a greater volatile fatty acid production than on AH with a greater release of ferulic acid from plant cell wall.
Keywords: Rumen Fungi; Ferulic Acid Esterase; Acetyl Esterase; Polysaccharide Hydrolase; Volatile Fatty Acids
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