Rumen Bacteria

RUMEN BACTERIA

1. Cellulolytic Species

  • Fibrobacter succinogenes
  • Ruminococcus albus & R. flavifaciens
  • Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens

2 Hemicellulolytic Species

  • Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens
  • Ruminococcus sp. &
  • Bacteroides ruminicola

3. Pectinolytic Species

  • Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens
  • Bacteroides ruminicola
  • Succinivibrio dextrinosolvens

4. Amylolytic Species

  • Bacteroides amylophilus
  • Streptococcus bovis
  • Succinomonas amylolytica

5. Ureolytic Species

  • Succinivibrio dextrisolvens
  • Selenomonas sp.
  • Butyrivibrio sp
  • Bacteroides ruminicola

6. Methane producingSpecies

  • Methanobrevibacter ruminantium
  • Methanobacterium formicicum
  • Methanomicrobium mobile

7.  Sugar-Utilising Species

  • Treponema bryanti
  • Lactobacillus sp.

8. Acid-Utilising Species

  • Megasphera elsdenii
  • Selenomonas ruminantium

9. Proteolytic Species

  • Bacteroides amylophilus
  • B. ruminicola
  • Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens
  • Streptococcus bovis

10. Ammonia Producing Species

  • Bacteroides ruminicola
  • Megasphera elsdenii

11. Lipid-Utilising Species

  • Anaerovibrio lipolytica
  • Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens
  • Micrococcus sp.

Bacterial number is about 1010 to 1011 per ml rumen fluid

Last modified: Friday, 3 June 2011, 10:05 AM