Characteristics of the indigenous microflora from five silage crops in 1987

dc.citation.epage117en_US
dc.citation.spage114en_US
dc.contributor.authorHart, R.A.
dc.contributor.authorNiroomand, F.
dc.contributor.authorBolsen, K.K.
dc.contributor.authorLubinski, M.A.
dc.contributor.authorAimutis, W.R.
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-02T21:34:00Z
dc.date.available2010-11-02T21:34:00Z
dc.date.issued2010-11-02
dc.date.published1990en_US
dc.description.abstractIndigenous lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were isolated from five silage crops in the 1987 growing season: wheat, alfalfa, com, interseeded grain sorghum and soybeans, and forage sorghum. All crops had post-harvest LAB counts that exceeded 5 x 105 colony-forming units/g. There were no significant correlations between rate of fermentation during the first 7 d post-ensiling and the indigenous LAB counts. However, corn and sorghum, which fermented rapidly, had higher populations of homofermentative LAB, and the isolates showed higher rod to cocci ratios compared to the other three crops. Most of the homofermentative rods isolated were Lactobacillus plantarum, and most of those isolates had slow growth rates and narrow growth temperature ranges. A variety of heterofermentative lactobacilli were isolated from all five crops. Two unidentifiable Streptococcus species were isolated from wheat and alfalfa.en_US
dc.description.conferenceCattlemen's Day, 1990, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, February, 1990en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2097/6438
dc.publisherKansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Serviceen_US
dc.relation.isPartOfCattlemen’s Day, 1990en_US
dc.relation.isPartOfKansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 90-361-Sen_US
dc.relation.isPartOfReport of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 592en_US
dc.subjectBeefen_US
dc.subjectMicrofloraen_US
dc.subjectSilageen_US
dc.subjectLactic acid bacteriaen_US
dc.titleCharacteristics of the indigenous microflora from five silage crops in 1987en_US
dc.typeConference paperen_US

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