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Three rumen anaerobic fungi—Neocallinastix frontalis MCH3,Piromyces (Piromonas) communis FL, andCaecomyces (Sphaeromonas) communis FG10—were cultured on cellulose filter paper alone or in association with one of two rumen cellulolytic bacteria,Ruminococcus flavefaciens 007 andFibrobacter succinogenes S85. Cocultures ofN. frontalis orP. communis andR. flavefaciens were markedly less effective than the fungal monocultures in degrading cellulose but more effective than the bacterial monocultures.R. flavefaciens had an antagonistic effect against both of the fungal species. In contrast, no interaction was observed between the two fungal species andF. succinogenes. Cellulose was more effectively degraded by the cocultureC. communis-R. flavefaciens than by the corresponding fungal and bacterial monocultures. The effectiveness of degradation of the cocultureC. communis-F. succinogenes was comparable to that of the bacterial strains but greater than that of the fungi; no interaction was observed between these two microorganisms.
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Bernalier, A., Fonty, G., Bonnemoy, F. et al. Degradation and fermentation of cellulose by the rumen anaerobic fungi in axenic cultures or in association with cellulolytic bacteria. Current Microbiology 25, 143–148 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01571022
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