Association of methanogenic bacteria with rumen protozoa

Canadian Journal of Microbiology
L R KrumholzD M Veira

Abstract

Methanogenic bacteria superficially associated with rumen entodiniomorphid protozoa were observed by fluorescence microscopy. A protozoal suspension separated from strained rumen fluid (SRF) by gravity sedimentation exhibited a rate of methane production six times greater (per millilitre) than SRF. The number of protozoa (per millilitre) in the protozoal suspension was three times greater than that of SRF; however, the urease activity of this fraction was half that of SRF. The methanogenic activity of SRF and the discrete fractions obtained by sedimentation of protozoa correlated with the numbers of protozoa per millilitre in each fraction. Gravity-sedimented protozoa, washed four times with cell-free rumen fluid, retained 67-71% of the recoverable methanogenic activity. Thus it is evident from our observations that many methanogens adhere to protozoa and that the protozoa support methanogenic activity of the attached methanogens. When protozoa-free sheep were inoculated with rumen contents containing a complex population of protozoa, methanogenic activity of the microflora in SRF samples was not significantly enhanced.

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