Degradation of spent craft brewer's yeast by caprine rumen hyper ammonia-producing bacteria

作者：Harlow B E; Bryant R W; Cohen S D; O'Connell S P; Flythe M D^*

来源：Letters in Applied Microbiology, 2016, 63(4): 307-312.

DOI：10.1111/lam.12623

• brewer's yeast
• bypass protein
• goat
• hops
• micro-organism
• phyto-ionophore
• ruminant

Spent yeast from craft beers often includes more hops (Humulus lupulus L.) secondary metabolites than traditional recipes. These compounds include alpha- and beta-acids, which are antimicrobial to the rumen hyper ammonia-producing bacteria (HAB) that are major contributors to amino acid degradation. The objective was to determine if the hops acids in spent craft brewer's yeast (CY; similar to 3.5 mg g(-1) hops acids) would protect it from degradation by caprine rumen bacteria and HAB when compared to a baker's yeast (BY; no hops acids). Cell suspensions were prepared by harvesting rumen fluid from fistulated goats, straining and differential centrifugation. The cells were re-suspended in media with BY or CY. After 24 h (39 degrees C), HAB were enumerated and ammonia was measured. Fewer HAB and less ammonia was produced from CY than from BY. Pure culture experiments were conducted with Peptostreptococcus anaerobius BG1 (caprine HAB). Ammonia production by BG1 from BY was greater than from CY. Ammonia production was greater when exogenous amino acids were included, but similar inhibition was observed in CY treatments. These results indicate that rumen micro-organisms deaminated the amino acids in CY to a lesser degree than BY.

• 出版日期2016-10