Submit a preprint

148

Microbial colonization of tannin-rich tropical plants: interplay between degradability, methane production and tannin disappearance in the rumenuse asterix (*) to get italics
Moufida Rira, Diego P Morgavi, Milka Popova, Gaelle Maxin, Michel DoreauPlease use the format "First name initials family name" as in "Marie S. Curie, Niels H. D. Bohr, Albert Einstein, John R. R. Tolkien, Donna T. Strickland"
2022
<p>Condensed tannins in plants are found free and attached to protein and fibre but it is not<br>known whether these fractions influence rumen degradation and microbial colonization.<br>This study explored the rumen degradation of tropical tannins-rich plants and the<br>relationship between condensed tannins fractions’ disappearance and microbial<br>communities colonising plant particles. Leaves from <em>Calliandra calothyrsus</em>, <em>Gliricidia</em><br><em>sepium</em>, and <em>Leucaena leucocephala</em>, pods from <em>Acacia nilotica</em> and the leaves of two<br>agricultural by-products: <em>Manihot esculenta</em> and <em>Musa</em> spp. were incubated in situ in the<br>rumen of dairy cows. An<em> in vitro</em> approach was also used to assess the effects of these<br>plants on rumen fermentation parameters. All plants contained more than 100 g/kg of<br>condensed tannins with a large proportion (32 to 61%) bound to proteins. <em>Calliandra</em><br><em>calothyrsus </em>had the highest concentration of condensed tannins at 361 g/kg, whereas<br><em>Acacia nilotica</em> was particularly rich in hydrolysable tannins (350 g/kg). Hydrolysable and<br>free condensed tannins from all plants completely disappeared after 24 h incubation in<br>the rumen. Disappearance of protein-bound condensed tannins was variable with values<br>ranging from 93% for Gliricidia sepium to 21% for <em>Acacia nilolitica</em>. In contrast, fibrebound condensed tannins disappearance averaged ~82% and did not vary between<br>plants. Disappearance of bound fractions of condensed tannins was not associated with<br>degradability of plant fractions. The presence of tannins interfered with the microbial<br>colonisation of plants. Each plant had distinct bacterial and archaeal communities after<br>3 and 12 h of incubation in the rumen and distinct protozoal communities at 3 h. Adherent<br>communities in tannin-rich plants had a lower relative abundance of fibrolytic microbes,<br>notably <em>Fibrobacter</em> spp. Whereas, archaea diversity was reduced in high tannincontaining <em>Calliandra calothyrsus</em> and <em>Acacia nilotica</em> at 12 h of incubation. Concurrently, in vitro methane production was lower for <em>Calliandra calothyrsus</em>, <em>Acacia nilotica</em> and <em>Leucaena leucocephala</em> although for the latter total volatile fatty acids production was not affected and was similar to control. Here we show that the total amount of hydrolysable and condensed tannins contained in a plant govern the interaction with rumen microbes affecting degradability and fermentation. The effect of protein- and fibre-bound condensed tannins on degradability is less important.</p>
https://doi.org/10.15454/8J2O5CYou should fill this box only if you chose 'All or part of the results presented in this preprint are based on data'. URL must start with http:// or https://
You should fill this box only if you chose 'Scripts were used to obtain or analyze the results'. URL must start with http:// or https://
You should fill this box only if you chose 'Codes have been used in this study'. URL must start with http:// or https://
tropical plants; hydrolysable tannins; condensed tannins; methane, in situ degradability, rumen microbes
NonePlease indicate the methods that may require specialised expertise during the peer review process (use a comma to separate various required expertises).
Animal nutrition modelling, Cattle production, Emissions , Farming systems, Gut microbiology, Microbial ecology, Microbial fermentation, Rumen microbiology, Rumen microbiome , Ruminant nutrition
No need for them to be recommenders of PCI Anim Sci. Please do not suggest reviewers for whom there might be a conflict of interest. Reviewers are not allowed to review preprints written by close colleagues (with whom they have published in the last four years, with whom they have received joint funding in the last four years, or with whom they are currently writing a manuscript, or submitting a grant proposal), or by family members, friends, or anyone for whom bias might affect the nature of the review - see the code of conduct
e.g. John Doe [john@doe.com]
2021-08-16 08:56:45
Antonio Faciola