Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/59272
Type: Artigo de Periódico
Title: Aspergillus spp. isolated from the bovine gastrointestinal tract improve organic acid profiles in Urochloa decumbens fermentation
Authors: Flávia Oliveira Abrão
Eduardo Robson Duarte
Moisés Sena Pessoa
Vera Lúcia dos Santos
Daniel Bonoto Gonçalves
Swiany Silveira Lima
Eloísa de Oliveira Simões Saliba
Norberto Mário Rodriguez
Abstract: During the dry season, high productivity of cattle cannot be sustained through the supply of tropical forage alone, and microbial additives or probiotics represent potential alternatives to improve the performance of animals raised on pastures. In the present study, we evaluated organic acid profiles following the in vitro fermentation of Urochloa decumbens mediated by Aspergillus spp. isolated from the bovine digestive tract. Twenty fungal isolates were evaluated after 96 and 144 h of fermentation of U. decumbens hay (UDH) in saline solution, Sabouraud dextrose broth, or ruminal fluid. Following fermentation, organic acids in the culture media were detected using high-performance liquid chromatography. The production of major fermentation acids differed across fermentation times, fungal isolates, and culture media. Using UDH in saline solution as the sole substrate, gluconic acid was the major fermentation product of fungal isolates. Fermentation of UDH in Sabouraud dextrose broth produced butyric, citric, and propionic acids. Fermentation of UDH in ruminal fluid produced acetic, propionic, and butyric acids, with significant and positive correlations among their production. Five selected isolates increased propionate proportion relative to the control, indicating potential as additives or probiotics for ruminants receiving fiber-rich diets.
Subject: Aspergillus
Bovinos - Alimentação e rações
Ácidos orgânicos
Rúmen - Microbiologia
Forragem
Probióticos
Capim-braquiária
language: eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country: Brasil
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials: UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department: ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS
ICB - DEPARTAMENTO DE MICROBIOLOGIA
Rights: Acesso Restrito
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2022.102360
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1843/59272
Issue Date: Jul-2022
metadata.dc.url.externa: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878818122000871
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology
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