Types and Sequence Change of Bacteria in Orchardgrass and Alfalfa Silages

Effect of temperature (5-25°C) on epiphytic lactic acid bacteria populations and fermentation of whole-plant corn silage

“…). Numerous studies have confirmed this shift of LAB flora from homo‐ to hetero‐fermentative species (Langston and Bouma ; Beck ; Lin and Bolsen ; Brusetti et al . ; Stevenson et al .…”

“…; Rhee and Pack ; Liu ). As for the ensiling process, curiously, similar environmental disturbances, for example, acidity, substrate availability, aerobiosis or moisture, could affect the fermentation and LAB succession during the ensiling process (Langston and Bouma ; Brusetti et al . ; Wang et al .…”

Microbial ecology of fermenting plant materials

“…Plants harbor a numerous and varied microflora. Although the numbers of lactic acid bacteria on plant materials are highly variable, most investigations have shown that their number is very low, often in the range of 10-1000 cells per g [12][13][14][15][16][17], which represents approx. 0.01-1.0% of the total microbial population.…”

Deterioration of High-Moisture Corn1

“…casei-like cultures (15), isolated mostly during the latter half of the storage period (Table 1), resembled L. plantarum in some respects, but arabinose and melibiose were not fermented. Furthermore, these strains did not ferment lactose, coagulate milk, or reduce litmus; they are reportedly characteristic of poorquality silages (16,17). L. curvatus strains, only a few of which weakly fermented maltose, and L. coryniformis both appeared late in the storage period.…”