Mutants of Prevotella ruminicolaDefective in Peptidase Activity: Impact on Ammonia Production

Authors

Humberto Madeira, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lasha Peng, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Mark Morrison, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

January 1997

Comments

Published in 1997 Nebraska Beef Report. Published by The Agricultural Research Division, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Abstract

An enzyme from a predominant ruminal bacterium that degrades peptides has a significant impact on ammonia production, and its manipulation could increase efficiency of nitrogen retention in forage- fed animals.