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Roles of rumen ciliate protozoa on digestion of structural carbohydrate by ruminants

Research Project

Project/Area Number 62560273
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 畜産学(含草地学)
Research InstitutionKyoto Prefectural University, Faculty of Agriculture

Principal Investigator

USHIDA K.  Kyoto Prefectural University, Faculty of Agriculture, 農学部, 助手 (50183017)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KOJIMA Y.  Kyoto Prefectural University, Faculty of Agriculture, 農学部, 助教授 (80046490)
Project Period (FY) 1987 – 1988
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1988)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000)
Fiscal Year 1988: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1987: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
KeywordsCellulose digestion / Cellulolytic bacteria / Cellulolytic protozoa / Non-cellulolytic protozoa / Rumen / セルロース利用性繊毛虫 / セルロース細菌 / でんぷん / セルロース消化 / ルーメン繊毛虫 / セルロース分解 / キシラン分解 / でんぷん添加効果
Research Abstract

Non-cellulolytic protozoa enhanced cellulolysis by mixed rumen populations to the similar wevels ehich were measured under the presence of cellulolytic protozoa. This enhancement was appeared to be due to indirect enhancement of cellulolytic bacteria by protozoa. When starch was present as an alternative substrate, cellulolysis was depressed without non-cellulolytic protozoa. This fact further suggested the significance of indirect enhancement of bacterial cellulolysis. As non-cellulolytic protozoa are predominant in the rumen, roles of protozoa were considered to be indirect. Following the experiment, similar experiments were conducted using mixed protozoal population including cellulolytic protozoa. In this time, starch depressed cellulolysis irrespective of presence of protozoa. following hypothesis was built in order to interpret those apparently incompatible results: Bacterial flora developed under the presence of non-cellulolytic protozoa differ from those under cellulolytic protozoa. Cellulolytic activity mainly depends on protozoa when cellulolytic protozoa present. Development of cellulolytic bacteria may not be supported, but rather restricted by protozoa in this case. Bacterial flora compositions were determined in order to verify the above hypothesis. Comparing with those in defaunated sheep rumen, sizes of amylolytic and cellulolytic bacteria were small when cellulolytic protozoa present. Xylanolytic and pectinolytic bacteria did not show notable defferences. These results apparently support above hypothesis and suggest the presence of antagonism between cellulolytic bacteria and protozoa. When cellulolytic protozoa are separated from cellulose digestion by the alternative substrate such as starch, cellulose digestion is depressed.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1988 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1987 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All Other

All Publications (7 results)

  • [Publications] USHIDA,K.;T.KANEKO;Y.KOJIMA: 日本畜産学会報. 58. 893-902 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] KANEKO,T.;K.USHIDA;Y.KOJIMA: The Roles of Protozoa and Fungi in Ruminant Digestion Proceedings of an international seminar of OECD and UNE Penambul Books,Armidale,NSW 2351,Austarlia. (1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] USHIDA,K.;T.KANEKO; Y.KOJIMA: "Effect of presence of large entodiniomorphid protozoa on the rumen bacterial flora, fauna composition of small entodinia and in vitro cellulolysis and xylanolysis" Japanese Journal of Zootechnical Science. 58. 893-902 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] KANEKO,T.;K.USHIDA; Y.KOJIMA: "The effect of starch on cellulolysis by rumen microbial populations with or without protozoa" In "The roles of Protozoa and Fungi in Ruminant Digestion" Proceedings of an international seminar of OECD and UNE.(1988)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1988 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] USHIDA,K.;T.KANEKO;Y.KOJIMA: 日本畜産学会報. 58. 893-902 (1987)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] KANEKO.T.;K.USHIDA;Y.KOJIMA: The Roles of Protozoa and Fungi in Ruminant Digestion.Proceedings of an international seminar of OECD and UNE Penambul Books,Armidale,NSW2351 Australia. (1988)

    • Related Report
      1988 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] USHIDA K. ;T. KANEKO and Y. KOJIMA: 日本畜産学会報. 58. 893-902 (1987)

    • Related Report
      1987 Annual Research Report

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Published: 1987-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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