In vitro metabolism of uniformly labeled glucose-C14 by bovine rumen microorganisms

dc.contributor.authorFeaster, William Henryen
dc.contributor.departmentBacteriologyen
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-14T16:36:15Zen
dc.date.available2015-05-14T16:36:15Zen
dc.date.issued1968en
dc.description.abstractA procedure was developed for the quantitative separation of major fermentation products of uniformly labeled glucose-C¹⁴ produced by bovine rumen microorganisms in vitro. After 45 min, the fermentation mixture was fractionated into (a) one control subsample, and duplicate fractions of (b) solid matter “precipitate“, (c) ether extract, (d) “amino acid“, (e) “sugar“, (f) CO₂, and (g) CH₄. Similar fractionation of an unfermented control sample was made. A portion of the fermentation ether extract was subjected to column chromatography to resolve (a) C₁, (b) C₂, (c) C₃, (d) C₄, and (e) C₅ fatty acids, (f) succinic, and (g) lactic acids. Each fraction was analyzed in triplicate for C¹⁴ by a direct plating technique. Corrections for geometry, self absorption, and efficiency were made by direct plating additional triplicate fraction subsamples, each containing a uniformly labeled glucose-C¹⁴ internal standard. The data were expressed as per cent recovery of added C1u. The results indicated that glucose was rapidly fermented with most of the C¹⁴ found in the ether extractable fraction as acetic acid. Significant levels of C¹⁴ were found in the “precipitate“ fractions. The data were compatible with evidence that CH₄ was derived from CO₂. The results of 6 trials indicated that there was no significant difference in the distribution of products resulting from the in vitro fermentation of uniformly labeled glucose-C¹⁴ between animals, between days within animals, or between times within days.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extent65 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/52318en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Instituteen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 20737092en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1968.F4en
dc.subject.lcshGlucoseen
dc.subject.lcshRumen -- Microbiologyen
dc.titleIn vitro metabolism of uniformly labeled glucose-C14 by bovine rumen microorganismsen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineBacteriologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Instituteen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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