TABLE 3.
Major end products of cellobiose fermentation for the ruminal strains R. flavefaciens 007 and FD1 and the four cecal isolates
| Strain | Concn (mmol/100 mmol of fermented hexoses) ofa:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acetate | Succinate | Lactate | Formate | Ethanol | Malate | Fumarate | |
| 007 | 55.1 ± 2.0 | 59.7 ± 2.1 | 29.7 ± 0.6 | 13.9 ± 1.1 | 0 | 3.3 ± 0.3 | 0.1 ± 0 |
| FD1 | 74.9 ± 3.8 | 51.9 ± 2.5 | 0.2 ± 0.2 | 73.6 ± 3.9 | 0 | 7.3 ± 0.6 | 0.4 ± 0 |
| AB | 85.6 ± 8.6 | 0.2 ± 0.2 | 10.0 ± 5.5 | 45.3 ± 4.7 | 36.3 ± 4.1 | 0 | 0 |
| AD | 59.7 ± 2.3 | 5.4 ± 1.2 | 0 | 48.3 ± 0.6 | 2.8 ± 9.8 | 0 | 0 |
| PA | 78.8 ± 4.3 | 2.1 ± 0.7 | 0 | 65.2 ± 3.0 | 53.3 ± 7.6 | 0 | 0 |
| PB | 76.2 ± 9.7 | 34.0 ± 6.2 | 11.9 ± 4.0 | 106.4 ± 27.5 | 55.8 ± 15.2 | 0 | 0 |
a
Data are means ± standard errors of the mean for triplicate determinations.