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Megasphaera

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Megasphaera [mə′gas·fə·rə]
(microbiology)
A genus of bacteria in the family Veillonellaceae; relatively large cells occurring in pairs arranged in chains.


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These data suggest that reduction of methane by monensin feeding is not due to a reduction in the population size of methanogens but is more likely due to the development of an alternative hydrogen-consuming pathway such as propionate enhancement by stimulation of the proliferation of propionate- and succinate-producing bacteria such as Selenomonas and Megasphaera (Russell and Strobel, 1989).
oxytoca Yes (95) No Lyngbya (a) Yes (45) No Megasphaera (a) Yes (20) No Microcystis (a) Yes (10) No Novosphingobium N.
Furthermore, following concentrate feeding it has also been demonstrated that a concomitant rise in Megasphaera elsdenii occurs within the rumen (Counotte etal.
 
 
 
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