THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LACTATE-FERMENTING SPOREFORMING ANAEROBES FROM SILAGE

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Abstract
A study was made of the characteristics of 74 strains of lactate-fermenting sporeforming anaerobes isolated from 10 orchard grass silages prepared from 3 different crops and 2 alfalfa silages from the same crop. Ail strains are similar in characteristics except for differences in the fermentation of a few carbohydrates. Thirteen strains ferment only glucose, fructose, and mannitol. Seven strains differ from these in the fermentation of xylose, galactose and lactose. Contrary to the description in Bergey''s Manual (1948), strains of Clostridium butyricum from the American Type Culture Collection were found to ferment lactate.