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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1981 November; 42(5): 886-896

Cellulase and Xylanase Release from Bacteroides succinogenes and Its Importance in the Rumen Environment

Cecil W. Forsberg, Terrance J. Beveridge and Anita Hellstrom

1 Department of Microbiology, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1

ABSTRACT

During growth of Bacteroides succinogenes in a liquid medium with cellulose as the source of carbohydrate, greater than 80% of the carboxymethylcellulase (endo-ß-1,4-glucanase), xylanase, and aryl-ß-xylosidase and 50% of the aryl-ß-glucosidase released from cells into the culture fluid. Less than 25% of the cellobiase activity was detected in the culture fluid. Approximately 50% of each of the released enzymes measured was associated with sedimentable subcellular membrane vesicles. The vesicles appeared to be released from the outer membrane of intact cells by bleb formation, primarily in pockets between the cells and the cellulose, although a few unattached cells with blebs were seen. Many vesicles were seen adhering to cellulose, and they were also seen free in the culture fluid. These data suggest that B. succinogenes releases hydrolytic enzymes in nonsedimentable and particulate forms during growth by a mechanism which has until now received little attention. Cellulose incubated in a porous nylon bag in the rumen was colonized by bacteria resembling B. succinogenes, and subcellular vesicles were seen penetrating channels and fractures in the cellulose. On this basis, it is suggested that B. succinogenes cells in the rumen contribute to an extracellular population of subcellular vesicles that possess cellulolytic and hemicellulolytic activities which probably enhance polymer digestion and provide a source of sugars for microbes lacking polymer-degrading activity, thereby contributing to a stable heterogeneous microbial population.

Appl Environ Microbiol. 1981 November; 42(5): 886-896




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