the chemical composition, in situ ruminal degradability coefficients of dry matter (dm), and nutrient digestibility in sheep were evaluated for corn silage (cs) treated (fresh weight basis) with different levels of a commercial bacterial inoculant (i) as follows: (1) untreated cs (control); (2) cs + i at half of the recommended level; (3) cs + i at the recommended level (3  1010 colony forming...

Brine fermentation by osmophilic lactic acid bacteria and yeasts for long periods of time is essential to produce a good quality of shoyu (Japanese fermented soy sauce). It is well known that lactic acid fermentation by osmophilic lactic acid bacteria results in the depression of alcoholic fermentation by osmophilic yeasts, but the nature of the interaction between osmophilic lactic acid bacter...

The discovery of the identity of thiamine pyrophosphate and cocarboxylase and the recognition of the ester as the predominant form of thiamine in yeast (1, 2) and animal tissues (3, 4) has been followed by several papers which have clearly demonstrated that cocarboxylase is essential for the oxidative metabolism of pyruvic acid (5-7). However, it has become clear that pyruvic acid is one of the...