Abstract
The effects of 1-[(E)-2-(2-methyl-4-nitrophenyl)diaz-1-enyl]pyrrolidine-2-carboxy lic acid (LY29) and diphenyliodonium chloride (DIC) on the degradation of protein to ammonia were determined in a mixed rumen microbial population taken from sheep on a grass hay-concentrate diet. Both compounds decreased NH3 production by inhibiting deamination of amino acids. LY29, but not DIC, inhibited growth of the high-activity ammonia-producing species, Clostridium aminophilum and Clostridium sticklandii.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3258-60 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Applied and Environmental Microbiology |
Volume | 65 |
Issue number | 7 |
Publication status | Print publication - Jul 1999 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Animal Feed
- Animals
- Azetidines/pharmacology
- Bacteria/drug effects
- Biphenyl Compounds/pharmacology
- Clostridium/drug effects
- Deamination
- Endopeptidases/metabolism
- Enzyme Inhibitors
- Onium Compounds/pharmacology
- Poaceae
- Proline/analogs & derivatives
- Proteins/metabolism
- Pyrrolidines/pharmacology
- Rumen/metabolism
- Sheep