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Production of Citrate by Anaerobic Fungi in the Presence of Co-culture Methanogens as Revealed by 1H NMR Spectrometry

  • Cheng, Yan Fen (Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, Nanjing Agricultural University) ;
  • Jin, Wei (Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, Nanjing Agricultural University) ;
  • Mao, Sheng Yong (Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, Nanjing Agricultural University) ;
  • Zhu, Wei-Yun (Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, Nanjing Agricultural University)
  • Received : 2013.03.04
  • Accepted : 2013.05.26
  • Published : 2013.10.01
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Abstract

The metabolomic profile of the anaerobic fungus Piromyces sp. F1, isolated from the rumen of goats, and how this is affected by the presence of naturally associated methanogens, was analyzed by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The major metabolites in the fungal monoculture were formate, lactate, ethanol, acetate, succinate, sugars/amino acids and ${\alpha}$-ketoglutarate, whereas the co-cultures of anaerobic fungi and associated methanogens produced citrate. This is the first report of citrate as a major metabolite of anaerobic fungi. Univariate analysis showed that the mean values of formate, lactate, ethanol, citrate, succinate and acetate in co-cultures were significantly higher than those in the fungal monoculture, while the mean values of glucose and ${\alpha}$-ketoglutarate were significantly reduced in co-cultures. Unsupervised principal components analysis revealed separation of metabolite profiles of the fungal mono-culture and co-cultures. In conclusion, the novel finding of citrate as one of the major metabolites of anaerobic fungi associated with methanogens may suggest a new yet to be identified pathway exists in co-culture. Anaerobic fungal metabolism was shifted by associated methanogens, indicating that anaerobic fungi are important providers of substrates for methanogens in the rumen and thus play a key role in ruminal methanogenesis.

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