Screening of a xylanase clone from a fosmid library of rumen microbiota in Hu sheep.

The glycosyl hydrolase family 11, which is responsible for carbohydrate metabolism, was identified in the open reading frame (ORF) 6 of a xylanase positive clone from a fosmid library of rumen microbiota of Hu sheep. A BLASTP search of GenBank revealed that ORF6 encoded a 355-amino acid putative endoxylanase, having 61% similarity (e(-73)) to endo-1,4-β-xylanase of Fibrobacter succinogenes S85 (YP_003250510.1).

Effects of tea saponins on rumen microbiota, rumen fermentation, methane production and growth performance--a review.

Reducing methane emission from ruminant animals has implications not only for global environmental protection but also for efficient animal production. Tea saponins (TS) extracted from seeds, leaves or roots of tea plant are pentacyclic triterpenes. They have a lasting antiprotozoal effect, but little effect on the methanogen population in sheep.

Tea saponins affect in vitro fermentation and methanogenesis in faunated and defaunated rumen fluid.

The effect of tea saponins (TS) on rumen fermentation and methane emission was examined using an in vitro gas production technique named Reading Pressure Technique. Three levels of TS addition (0, 0.2, 0.