The literature concerning the nutrition of the propionic acid bacteria was reviewed by Thompson (1943). He attempted to determine which of the Propionibacterium species could be grown on synthetic media containing B vitamins and, if growth occurred, to show which vitamins were required. He was able to grow satisfactorily through repeated subculture five out of nine cultures. All five of these c...

Propionibacterium freudenreichii is a beneficial food-grade actinobacterium, widely implemented, and thus consumed, in various food products. As the main application, P. used as cheese-ripening starter, mostly hard type cheeses. Indeed, during manufacture of “Swiss-type” cheeses (or opened-body cheeses), technological process favors propionibacteria growth, well corresponding propionic fermenta...

During the last 10 years whole genome microbial sequencing became accessible not only for big institutes or industrial consortia but also for small academic research teams due to the decreasing costs of such projects. The need for fully operational and user-friendly open source genome annotation systems brings such research teams to develop their own systems. Here we present our system for anal...

The effects of a microbial inoculant (containing propionic and lactic acid bacteria) and formic acid onchemical composition, ruminal degradability of dry matter (DM) and nutrient digestibility of corn silage wereexamined. Whole-plant corn was ensiled for 60 days in plastic polyethylene bags, and three treatments werecompared, 1: control (no additive), 2: Propionibacterium acidipropionici plus L...