Toxicity of unsaturated fatty acids to the biohydrogenating ruminal bacterium, <it>Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens</it>

<p/> <p>Background</p> <p>Health-promoting polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are abundant in forages grazed by ruminants and in vegetable and fish oils used as dietary supplements, but only a small proportion of PUFA finds its way into meat and milk, because of biohydrogenat...

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Main Authors: Bestwick Charles S, Chaudhary Lal C, Maia Margarida RG, Richardson Anthony J, McKain Nest, Larson Tony R, Graham Ian A, Wallace Robert J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-02-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/52