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The effect of pH and 1,4-dithiothreitol on the adhesion of rumen bacteria

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In experiments with ram rumen fluid the pH optimum for adhesion of rumen bacteria to cellulose and starch was found to be near 6. Addition of 1,4-dithiothreitol increased the adhesion logarithmically.

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  1. Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 251 61, Prague 10-Uhříněves

    J. Kopečný & S. Bartoš

  2. Ukrainian Research Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry of Farm Animals, 290 034, Lvov, USSR

    J. F. Jurčuk

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Kopečný, J., Jurčuk, J.F. & Bartoš, S. The effect of pH and 1,4-dithiothreitol on the adhesion of rumen bacteria. Folia Microbiol 28, 130–133 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02877369

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