1965 Volume 11 Issue 4 Pages 313-319
The stimulative effect of succinate on cellulose decomposition and cellulase formation was studied with Ruminococcus flavefaciens and Ruminococcus albus. The decomposition of cellulose by ruminal bacterial fraction was also stimulated by succinate. Glucose grown cells of R. albus and Bacteroides succinogenes which had no detectable cellulase activity formed the enzyme when the cells were incubated with succinate. These results suggest that the succinate effect is a general phenomenon in rumen bacteria.
