Project description:Saccharina latissima is a brown alga commonly found in the North Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans. Alginate constitutes a substantial portion of the cell wall of S. latissima, and its digestion requires a specific set of enzymes, alginate lyases. We investigated if and how S. latissima is metabolized in geographically distinct rumen ecosystems through in vivo lamb feeding experiments (2.5 and 5% inclusion, DM basis) and in vitro cattle-based rumen simulation technique, RUSITEC, experiments (up to 50% inclusion). Evidence supporting ruminal degradation of alginate was explored using a combination of 16S rRNA sequencing, metagenomics and metaproteomics, physiology (fluorescently labelled S. latissima hot water extracts (FLA-SLAT)) and biochemical characterization of PL6 alginate lyases.
Project description:The effects of anti-lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antibody on ruminal fermentation, LPS activity, and liver transcriptomes were investigated during the subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) challenge.
Project description:We performed a laboratory experiment with vegetative gametophytes of the kelp Saccharina latissima and exposed the gametophytes to three temperatures (4°C, 12°C and 20°C) by sex (female, male) for 14 days.
Project description:Effect of PAR and temperature stress on the gene expression Saccharina latissima. Total RNA of stress treatments (low PAR 2° and 17°C, high PAR 2° and 17°C) was hybridized against the control treatment (low PAR 12°C); hybridizations were carried out in 4 replicates.
