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The in vitro production, by rumen micro-organisms, of volatile fatty acids from cellulose and hemicellulose labelled with 14C

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

I. H. Bath
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
M. J. Head
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading

Extract

1. A new technique has been used to study the fermentation of hemicellulose and α-cellulose in vitro. This involved the use of 14C-labelled carbohydrates fermented in the presence of normal herbage material in an artificial rumen.

2. A method of growing grass in an atmosphere of 14CO2, its fractionation into hemicellulose and α-cellulose and the analysis of the labelled V.F.A. end-products are described.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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