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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2007, p. 1646-1652, Vol. 73, No. 5
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01896-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Localization of Ruminal Cellulolytic Bacteria on Plant Fibrous Materials as Determined by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization and Real-Time PCR{triangledown}

Takumi Shinkai and Yasuo Kobayashi*

Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo-shi, Japan

Received 9 August 2006/ Accepted 21 December 2006

To visualize and localize specific bacteria associated with plant materials, a new fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) protocol was established. By using this protocol, we successfully minimized the autofluorescence of orchard grass hay and detected rumen bacteria attached to the hay under a fluorescence microscope. Real-time PCR assays were also employed to quantitatively monitor the representative fibrolytic species Fibrobacter succinogenes and Ruminococcus flavefaciens and also total bacteria attached to the hay. F. succinogenes was found firmly attached to not only the cut edges but also undamaged inner surfaces of the hay. Cells of phylogenetic group 1 of F. succinogenes were detected on many stem and leaf sheath fragments of the hay, even on fragments on which few other bacteria were seen. Cells of phylogenetic group 2 of F. succinogenes were often detected on hay fragments coexisting with many other bacteria. On the basis of 16S rRNA gene copy number analysis, the numbers of bacteria attached to the leaf sheaths were higher than those attached to the stems (P < 0.05). In addition, R. flavefaciens had a greater tendency than F. succinogenes to be found on the leaf sheath (P < 0.01) with formation of many pits. F. succinogenes, particularly phylogenetic group 1, is suggested to possibly play an important role in fiber digestion, because it is clearly detectable by FISH and is the bacterium with the largest population size in the less easily degradable hay stem.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo-shi 060-8589, Japan. Phone and fax: 81 11 706 2476. E-mail: kyas{at}anim.agr.hokudai.ac.jp.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 5 January 2007.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2007, p. 1646-1652, Vol. 73, No. 5
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01896-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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