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In ruminants, the main part of the digestion takes place in the rumen thanks to a complex and diversified strictly anaerobic microbial population, composed of bacteria, fungi and protozoa which interact to form a trophic chain (nutritional and metabolic interactions). As in all anaerobic ecosystems, the interspecies transfert of hydrogen between H2-producing and H2-utilizing microorganisms plays an important role in the orientation and regulation of fermentations. Among H2-producing microorganisms, there are several species of bacteria, protozoa and fungi. The objective of this paper is to describe the fermentation properties of four H2-producing anaerobic fungi, isolated from the rumen in our Laboratory: Neocallimastix frontalis, Piromonas communis, Sphaeromonas communis and Neocallimastix joyonii.
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Bernalier, A., Fonty, G., Gouet, P. (1990). Fermentation Properties of Four Strictly Anaerobic Rumen Fungal Species: H2-Producing Microorganisms. In: Bélaich, JP., Bruschi, M., Garcia, JL. (eds) Microbiology and Biochemistry of Strict Anaerobes Involved in Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer. Federation of European Microbiological Societies Symposium Series, vol 54. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0613-9_34
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