Proteolytic activity of rumen bacterial species from the genus Prevotella

27 strains belonging to four recently described anaerobic bacterial species from the genus Prevotella were tested for proteolytic activity against 14C labelled casein. A great variability in casein degradation activity was detected, supporting the phylogenetic findings about this bacterial genus. T...

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Main Author: Gorazd AVGUŠTIN
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Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 1997-12-01
Series:Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/16054
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description 27 strains belonging to four recently described anaerobic bacterial species from the genus Prevotella were tested for proteolytic activity against 14C labelled casein. A great variability in casein degradation activity was detected, supporting the phylogenetic findings about this bacterial genus. The highest activity was detected with P. brevis strains and some individual strains representing unique taxonomic lineages. For the rest of the strains, belonging to P. ruminicola, P. brevis and P. albensis, the commonly made assumption of an important role in protein breakdown in the rumen ecosystem is presumably not valid.
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spelling doaj-art-8ed9f99e737f4b4486aef9e20857e86c2025-08-20T02:57:02ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Acta Agriculturae Slovenica1854-19411997-12-0170110.14720/aas.1997.70.1.16054Proteolytic activity of rumen bacterial species from the genus PrevotellaGorazd AVGUŠTIN0Univ. of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Fac., Zootechnical Dept., Groblje 3, SI-1230 Domžale, Slovenia 27 strains belonging to four recently described anaerobic bacterial species from the genus Prevotella were tested for proteolytic activity against 14C labelled casein. A great variability in casein degradation activity was detected, supporting the phylogenetic findings about this bacterial genus. The highest activity was detected with P. brevis strains and some individual strains representing unique taxonomic lineages. For the rest of the strains, belonging to P. ruminicola, P. brevis and P. albensis, the commonly made assumption of an important role in protein breakdown in the rumen ecosystem is presumably not valid. https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/16054rumen bacteriaPrevotella ruminicolaP. brevisP. bryantiiP. albensisproteolysis
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Proteolytic activity of rumen bacterial species from the genus Prevotella
Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
rumen bacteria
Prevotella ruminicola
P. brevis
P. bryantii
P. albensis
proteolysis
title Proteolytic activity of rumen bacterial species from the genus Prevotella
title_full Proteolytic activity of rumen bacterial species from the genus Prevotella
title_fullStr Proteolytic activity of rumen bacterial species from the genus Prevotella
title_full_unstemmed Proteolytic activity of rumen bacterial species from the genus Prevotella
title_short Proteolytic activity of rumen bacterial species from the genus Prevotella
title_sort proteolytic activity of rumen bacterial species from the genus prevotella
topic rumen bacteria
Prevotella ruminicola
P. brevis
P. bryantii
P. albensis
proteolysis
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/aas/article/view/16054
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