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Megasphaera elsdenii

Known as: Organism LC, Peptostreptococcus elsdenii, rumen organism LC 
A species of anaerobic, Gram negative, cocci shaped bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. This species is nonmotile, indole negative, produces acid from… Expand
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2017
2017
Mixed Carboxylic Acid Production by Megasphaera elsdenii from Glucose and Lignocellulosic Hydrolysate
Volatile fatty acids (VFAs) can be readily produced from many anaerobic microbes and subsequently utilized as precursors to… Expand
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2015
2015
Reduction of ferredoxin or oxygen by flavin-based electron bifurcation in Megasphaera elsdenii.
Over 50 years ago, it was reported that, in the anaerobic rumen bacterium Megasphaera elsdenii, the reduction of crotonyl-CoA to… Expand
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2013
2013
In Situ Biphasic Extractive Fermentation for Hexanoic Acid Production from Sucrose by Megasphaera elsdenii NCIMB 702410
Hexanoic acid production by a bacterium using sucrose as an economic carbon source was studied under conditions in which hexanoic… Expand
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2011
2011
Rumen pH and fermentation characteristics in dairy cows supplemented with Megasphaera elsdenii NCIMB 41125 in early lactation.
This study investigated the effect of using the lactate-utilizing bacterium Megasphaera elsdenii NCIMB 41125 as a probiotic… Expand
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2005
2005
Factors affecting the rate of breakdown of bacterial protein in rumen fluid
  • By, J.
  • 2005
    • Corpus ID: 8713784
1. The cellular proteins of Butyrivibrio jibrisolvens, Lactobaciih cusei, Megusphuera elsdenii, Selenomonas ruminantiurn and… Expand
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2003
2003
Megasphaera elsdenii JCM1772T normalizes hyperlactate production in the large intestine of fructooligosaccharide-fed rats by stimulating butyrate production.
Hyperlactate production is related to disorders of the large intestine such as inflammatory bowel diseases. Lactate, an… Expand
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Enumeration of Megasphaera elsdenii in rumen contents by real-time Taq nuclease assay.
AIMS To develop a real-time Taq nuclease assay (TNA) to enable the in vivo enumeration of Megasphaera elsdenii. METHODS AND… Expand
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
Effects of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae culture on ruminal bacteria that utilize lactate and digest cellulose.
The objective of this study was to determine the effects of a yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) culture on lactate utilization and… Expand
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1994
Highly Cited
1994
Substrate Preference in a Strain of Megasphaera elsdenii, a Ruminal Bacterium, and Its Implications in Propionate Production and Growth Competition.
The NIAH 1102 strain of Megasphaera elsdenii utilized lactate in preference to glucose when the two substrates were present. Even… Expand
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1969
1969
Purification and characterization of flavodoxin from Peptostreptococcus elsdenii.
Abstract Flavodoxin has been crystallized from Peptostreptococcus elsdenii grown at low iron concentrations. The properties of… Expand
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