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Studies were made on the effects of avoparcin and monensin on the rate of release of radioactivity from reductively tritiated cellulose by Bacteroides succinogenes and Neocallimastix frontalis. Monensin reduced the activity of B. succinogenes and N. frontalis markedly when present at >8 mcg/ml (B. succinogenes) or > 2mcg/ml (N. frontalis). Avoparcin was only marginally inhibitory to B. succinogenes when present at < 32mcg/ml, and appeared to slightly enhance the attack of labelled cellulose by N. frontalis.
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Stewart, C.S., Duncan, S.H., Joblin, K.N. (1987). Antibiotic Manipulation of the Rumen Microflora. The Effects of Avoparcin and Monensin on the Release of Tritium from Labelled Cellulose by Bacteroides Succinogenes and the Rumen Fungus Neocallimastix Frontalis . In: Borriello, S.P., Hardie, J.M., Drasar, B.S., Duerden, B.I., Hudson, M.J., Lysons, R.J. (eds) Recent Advances in Anaerobic Bacteriology. New Perspectives in Clinical Microbiology, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3293-7_11
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