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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… (More)
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Megasphaera elsdenii
physiological aspects
CDISC SDTM Microorganism Terminology
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology
aspects of radiation effects
isolation & purification analysis

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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Establishing populations of Megasphaera elsdenii YE 34 and Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens YE 44 in the rumen of cattle fed high grain diets.
AIM To determine whether Megasphaera elsdenii YE34 (lactic acid degrader) and Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens YE44 (alternative starch… (More)
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2003
2003
Isolation of tetracycline-resistant Megasphaera elsdenii strains with novel mosaic gene combinations of tet(O) and tet(W) from swine.
Anaerobic bacteria insensitive to chlortetracycline (64 to 256 microg/ml) were isolated from cecal contents and cecal tissues of… (More)
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2002
2002
The enrichment of a ruminal bacterium (Megasphaera elsdenii YJ-4) that produces the trans-10, cis-12 isomer of conjugated linoleic acid.
AIMS To isolate predominant ruminal bacteria that produce trans-10, cis-12 conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) from linoleic acid (LA… (More)
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2002
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… (More)
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2002
2002
Amino Acid Deamination by Ruminal Megasphaera elsdenii Strains
When ruminal fluid from a cow fed timothy hay was serially diluted (10-fold increments into anaerobic broth containing 15 mg ml… (More)
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1995
1995
Preventing in vitro lactate accumulation in ruminal fermentations by inoculation with Megasphaera elsdenii.
In vitro fermentations containing a mixed culture of ruminal bacteria (ruminal fluid from a hay-fed steer), buffer, and primarily… (More)
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1993
1993
Presence of lactate dehydrogenase and lactate racemase in Megasphaera elsdenii grown on glucose or lactate.
Activity of D-lactate dehydrogenase (D-LDH) was shown not only in cell extracts from Megasphaera elsdenii grown on DL-lactate… (More)
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1989
1989
Metabolism and some characteristics of ruminal strains of Megasphaera elsdenii.
Megasphaera elsdenii belongs to the group comprising the ruminal and intestinal lactate- and sugar-fermenting species. In the… (More)
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Role of Megasphaera elsdenii in the Fermentation of dl-[2-C]lactate in the Rumen of Dairy Cattle.
Since Megasphaera elsdenii ferments a variable part of dl-lactate to butyrate, measurement of the percentage of dl-lactate… (More)
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1979
1979
Megasphaera elsdenii endocarditis.
A case of endocarditis caused by Megasphaera elsdenii is reported. This anaerobic grim-negative coccus has rarely been associated… (More)
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