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Table 5 Concentrations (mM) of volatile fatty acids in co-cultures

From: Gene and transcript abundances of bacterial type III secretion systems from the rumen microbiome are correlated with methane yield in sheep

Culture

VFAsa

Formic

Acetic

Butryric

Propionic

Before/after

Net

Before/after

Net

Before/after

Net

Before/after

Net

ISO3-F5

0.31/0.00

−0.31

31.09/30.36

−0.73

0.84/0.83

−0.02

2.84/2.24

−0.59

ISO3-F5 + H5

0.06/1.13

1.07

31.92/32.48

0.56

0.82/0.86

0.04

2.41/2.30

−0.11

ISO4-H5

0.00/0.00

0.00

31.86/32.79

0.93

0.88/0.89

0.01

3.15/2.25

−0.91

ISO4-H5 + H5

0.00/1.88

1.88

32.87/34.62

1.75

0.87/0.87

0.01

2.51/2.70

0.19

M1

0.00/0.00

0.00

40.00/38.06

−1.95

0.78/0.68

−0.11

2.50/2.50

−0.01

M1 + H5

0.00/0.00

0.00

37.33/36.37

−0.97

0.84/0.82

−0.02

2.68/2.68

0.01

SM9

0.00/0.00

0.00

30.83/33.00

2.17

0.74/0.81

0.06

1.55/2.41

0.86

SM9 + H5

0.00/0.84

0.84

31.78/34.07

2.29

0.83/0.81

−0.01

2.52/2.30

−0.22

  1. aNo lactic acid was detected in any of the cultures. Negative numbers in the Net VFA columns indicates disappearance of that VFA during co-culture growth