grazed by ruminants and in vegetable and fish oils used as dietary supplements, but only a
small proportion of PUFA finds its way into meat and milk, because of biohydrogenation in
the rumen. Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens plays a major role in this activity. The aim of this study
was to investigate the mechanisms by which PUFA affect the growth of B. fibrisolvens, how
PUFA are metabolized and the metabolic response to growth in the presence of PUFA …