@article {Morvan:1996:1075-9964:175,
	author = "Morvan B.",
	author = "Rieu-Lesme F.",
	author = "Fonty G.",
	author = "Gouet P.",
	title = "In vitro Interactions between Rumen H 2 -Producing Cellulolytic Microorganisms and H 2 -Utilizing Acetogenic and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria",
	journal = "Anaerobe",
	volume = "2",
	year = "1996",
	abstract = "<P> Cellulose degradation and fermentation by the ruminal cellulolytic microorganism. Ruminococcus flavefaciens strain 007, R. albus strain 7 and Neocallimastix frontalis strain MCH3 were studied in the absence and presence of acetogenic or sulfate-reducing ruminal bacteria. The presence of the H 2 -utilizing acetogens led to an increase in the cellulose breakdown by the two bacterial species and affected the kinetics of cellulose degradation by N. frontalis . The sulfate-reducing bacterium slightly increased cellulose degradation by R. albus , had no effect on cellulolysis by R. flavefaciens and inhibited the fungus N. frontalis . In the presence of the acetogens or sulfate-reducing bacteria there was a shift in the metabolism of the cellulolytic microorganisms towards greater production of acetate. Therefore, this study demonstrates that acetogens can interact with H 2 -producing cellulolytic microorganisms and that acetogenesis is a possible alternative to methanogenesis to eliminate H 2 from the ruminal ecosystem.</P>",
	pages = "175-180(6)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ap/an/1996/00000002/00000003/art00023"
}