The ability of the rumen ciliate,  Diploplastron
affine , to digest polysaccharides from fungal
and bacterial cell walls

G. Bełżecki; T. Michałowski

doi:10.22358/jafs/70130/2006

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The ability of the rumen ciliate, Diploplastron affine, to digest polysaccharides from fungal and bacterial cell walls

G. Bełżecki ¹

T. Michałowski ¹

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The Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-110 Jabłonna, Poland

Publication date: 2006-09-21

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G. Bełżecki

The Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-110 Jabłonna, Poland

J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2006;15(Suppl. 1):7-10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22358/jafs/70130/2006

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Rumen ciliates Diploplastron affine were isolated from the rumen and grown in vitro in a medium supplemented with different doses of chitin. The number of cultured ciliates was positively correlated with the chitin dose. The protozoal crude enzyme preparation obtained from bacteria-free ciliates exhibited chitinase as well as chitobiase activity. The ability to degrade murein was also detected. It is concluded that chitin could be utilized by protozoa as an additional source of available energy.

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