Micro-Organisms in Ruminant Nutrition presents the molecular biology, enzymology and ecology of the anaerobic fungi in the context of the availability of plant resources, recent advances in rumen microbiology and the biology of other micro-organisms.

Contents

1. Fibrous Crops and Residues for Animal Production in Europe
2. Plant-Animal and Microbial Interactions in Ruminant Fibre Degradation
3. Phenolic Acid Composition in Supernatant Fluid after Digestion of Cell Walls of Maize by Rumen Microorganisms In Vitro: Variation Between Maize Genotypes
4. Microbial and Chemical Characterization of Rumen Contents of Grazing Dairy Cows
5. Degradation of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides by Rumen Bacteria
6. Plant Cell-Wall Degradation by Rumen Protozoa
7. Anaerobic Fungi, Their Distribution and Life Cycle
8. Plant Cell Wall Degradation by Anaerobic Fungi
9. Production of Depolymerizing Enzymes by Anaerobic Fungi
10. The Xylanolytic System of Rumen Anaerobic Fungi
11. Cloning and Expression of Genes Encoding Enzymes of Glycolytic Pathway in Neocallimastix frontalis
12. Water-Soluble Polysaccharides of Fungal Cell Walls
13. Cell Wall Composition and Detection of Anaerobic Rumen Fungi In Vivo Using Fluorescent Lectins
14. Hydrogenosomes of the Anaerobic Fungus Neocallimastix
15. The Evolutionary Origin of Hydrogenosomes from Anaerobic Fungi
16. Biogenesis and Function of Hydrogenosomes in the Anaerobic Fungus Neocallimastix sp. L2; A Molecular Approach

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