Gill, James Wallace2014-03-142014-03-141956-05-21etd-11152013-040101http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45698Primary Objective: To find a medium, defined as clearly as possible in terms of its nitrogenous components, which will support growth of a cellulolytic rumen bacterium. Secondary Objectives: 1. To test an hypothesis that the optimum nitrogenous nutrient balance for a strongly heterotrophic organism is that mixture of the basic structural molecules ( amino acids, purines, and pyrimidines ) which most closely approximates the composition of the organism itself. 2. To apply this hypothesis toward the goal set in the first objective.80 leavesBTDapplication/pdfenIn CopyrightLD5655.V855 1956.G544Bacteria -- NutritionRumenThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11152013-040101/