Role of microbiocenosis of the gastrointestinal tract in the nutrition of grouse

In order to assess the role of the microbiocenosis of the digestive tract of herbivorous birds in transforming poor forage, the activity of cellulolytic enzymes in all departments of the gastrointestinal tract of the black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) and Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) was studi...

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Published in:Biology bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2014-05, Vol.41 (3), p.251-254
Main Authors: Vecherskii, M. V, Kuznetsova, T. A, Kostina, N. V, Gorlenko, M. V, Golichenkov, M. V, Umarov, M. M, Naumova, E. I
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biochemistry
Biomedical and Life Sciences
cecum
Cell Biology
cellulose 1,4-beta-cellobiosidase
digestive tract
Ecology
forage
functional diversity
grouse
Life Sciences
Lyrurus tetrix
microbial communities
nitrogenase
nutrition
Tetrao urogallus
Tetrix
Zoology
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Summary:In order to assess the role of the microbiocenosis of the digestive tract of herbivorous birds in transforming poor forage, the activity of cellulolytic enzymes in all departments of the gastrointestinal tract of the black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) and Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) was studied. The functional diversity of microbial communities of different departments was also investigated. In both species of birds, nitrogenase and cellobiohydrolase activities were discovered in the digestive tract, with the maximum observed in the cecum.
ISSN:1062-3590
1608-3059
DOI:10.1134/S1062359014030108