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The effectiveness of a buffered sodium oleate solution was evaluated for detaching bacteria from ruminal digesta samples. A response surface derived from an octagonal design was used to determine the pH and concentration combination for maximum detachment of total and cellulolytic bacteria. The total number of bacteria detached increased up to 81% over control with treatment of a pH 8.8 and 1.5% sodium oleate solution. The recovery of cellulolytic bacteria was decreased to 35% of control with treatment of a pH 9.0 and 0.1% sodium oleate solution. Attempts to improve the recovery of viable bacteria exposed to sodium oleate solutions were unsuccessful. This response surface design identified an optimal pH and concentration that were consistent with existing information regarding detachment of total bacteria, and suggested that sodium oleate, at the concentrations tested, was toxic to the cellulolytic population of the rumen.
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Barsuhn, K., Chester, S.T. & Leedle, J.A.Z. In vitro detachment of bacteria from ruminal digesta by buffered sodium oleate solutions. Current Microbiology 16, 337–341 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01568542
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