PMID- 27805413 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161230 LR - 20181202 IS - 1480-3275 (Electronic) IS - 0008-4166 (Linking) VI - 62 IP - 12 DP - 2016 Dec TI - In situ identification and quantification of protein-hydrolyzing ruminal bacteria associated with the digestion of barley and corn grain. PG - 1063-1067 AB - In this study, BODIPY FL DQ casein staining combined with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was used to detect and identify protein-hydrolyzing bacteria within biofilms that produced active cell-surface-associated serine- and metallo-proteases during the ruminal digestion of barley and corn grain in cows fed barley-based diets at 2 different levels. A doublet coccoid bacterial morphotype associated with barley and corn grain particles fluoresced after BODIPY FL DQ casein staining. Bacteria with this morphotype accounted for 3%-10% of the total bacteria attached to surface of cereal grain particles, possibly indicative of an important role in the hydrolysis of the protein matrix within the endosperm. However, the identity of these predominant proteolytic bacteria could not be determined using FISH. Quantitative FISH revealed that known proteolytic species, Prevotella ruminicola, Ruminobacter amylophilus, and Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens, were attached to particles of various cultivars of barley grain and corn, confirming their role in the proteolysis of cereal grains. Differences in chemical composition among different barley cultivars did not affect the composition of proteolytic bacterial populations. However, the concentrate level in the basal diet did have an impact on the relative abundance of proteolytic bacteria and thus possibly their overall contribution to the proteolysis of cereal grains. FAU - Xia, Yun AU - Xia Y AD - a Key laboratory of Special Biological Resource Development and Utilization of Universities of Yunnan Province, Kunming University, Kunming, People's Republic of China. AD - b Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada. FAU - Kong, Yunhong AU - Kong Y AD - a Key laboratory of Special Biological Resource Development and Utilization of Universities of Yunnan Province, Kunming University, Kunming, People's Republic of China. FAU - Huang, Heping AU - Huang H AD - a Key laboratory of Special Biological Resource Development and Utilization of Universities of Yunnan Province, Kunming University, Kunming, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yang, Hee Eun AU - Yang HE AD - b Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada. FAU - Forster, Robert AU - Forster R AD - b Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada. FAU - McAllister, Tim A AU - McAllister TA AD - b Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 5403 1st Avenue South, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160823 PL - Canada TA - Can J Microbiol JT - Canadian journal of microbiology JID - 0372707 SB - IM MH - Animal Feed MH - Animals MH - Bacteria/growth & development/*isolation & purification/metabolism MH - Cattle/*microbiology/physiology MH - Diet/veterinary MH - Digestion MH - Edible Grain/metabolism/microbiology MH - Female MH - *Hordeum/metabolism/microbiology MH - Hydrolysis MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Proteolysis MH - Rumen/*microbiology MH - *Zea mays/metabolism/microbiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - FISH OT - bacteria OT - bacteries OT - barley OT - corn OT - mais OT - orge OT - proteases OT - proteases OT - rumen EDAT- 2016/11/03 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/31 06:00 CRDT- 2016/11/03 06:00 PHST- 2016/11/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/03 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1139/cjm-2016-0293 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Can J Microbiol. 2016 Dec;62(12):1063-1067. doi: 10.1139/cjm-2016-0293. Epub 2016 Aug 23.