Eremoplastron bovis

The hemicellulases of rumen micro-organisms have been isolated from pure culture isolates of (a) bacteria, for example, Bacillus firmus,148 Bacteroides amylogenes,38 Butyrivibrio fibrosolvens,38,40 and Ruminococcus flavefaciens41 and (b) protozoa, for example, Epidinium ecaudatum,43-44 an Entodinium sp.,44,216 Eudiplodinium medium,48 Eremoplastron bovis,44,45 and Polyplastron mul-tivesiculatum.47 They have also been found in cell-free preparations of mixed bacteria,40,42,215 protozoa,43 and mixtures of both organisms.42,217,218,254,255... 

The results of Abou Akkada et al. (1) indicated that extracts of Polyplastron multivesiculatum hydrolyzed cellulose slowly yielding glucose as the main product. The presence of cellodextrinases in the extracts of Eremoplastron bovis was shown by Bailey and Clark (5). 

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