The conviction that all fungi required oxygen for growth was summarized in 1949 by JN
Foster when he wrote,'One of the major metabolic differences between moulds and bacteria …

Anaerobic chytridiomycete fungi are found in the gastrointestinal tracts of sheep, cattle and
goats, as well as in many other domesticated ruminant and nonruminant herbivores and a …

To assess the relative contributions of microbial groups (bacteria, protozoa, and fungi) in
rumen fluids to the overall process of plant cell wall digestion in the rumen, representatives …

Establishment of microbes in the young ruminant is primarily dependent upon its exposure
to an adult animal and having a rumen environment compatible with growth of the …

A study was conducted to investigate the impact of an anti-methanogenic product
supplementation on enteric methane emissions, whole rumen metagenome and ruminal …

The effect of five multipurpose trees (MPTs), Acacia angustissima, Acacia saligna,
Chamaecytisus palmensis, Leucaena pallida and Sesbania sesban on ciliate protozoa was …

The primary sources of energy found in forages are the structural polysaccharides, cellulose,
hemicellulose and pectin. These three components generally account for about 400-600 …

The rumen ecosystem is increasingly being recognized as a promising source of superior
polysaccharide-degrading enzymes. They contain a wide arry of novel enzymes at the levels …

A four‐fold increase (P< 0.001) in the total bacterial population in the rumen of sheep was
observed following defaunation. A two‐fold (P> 0.05) increase in the anacrobic fungal …

Agar strips containing glucose, xylose, cellulose, xylan and cysteine‐HCl were incubated in
the rumen for 24 h. Fungal zoosporangia that developed on the strips were counted in …