PROTEIN-PRODUCING MICROORGANISM

Abstract

A protein-producing microorganism was recently discovered in the intestines of pigs by Ivan Orobinskiy at the Krasnoyarsk Agricultural Institute. The microorganism utilizes nitrogen from the air to produce protein. It also produces small amounts of lactic acid, vitamins, growth hormones, and antibiotics. The chief value of Orobinskiy's microorganism lies in its ability to increase the protein content of potatoes from 1 to 8%, of grain husks from 1.5 to 9.5%, of ground-up straw up to 4%, and of silage up to 2%. Feeding piglets a provenderbacterin, prepared by inoculation of potato mash by a pure culture of the microorganism, increased their weight 70 to 90% over that of control animals. Mass production of Orobinskiy's provender-bacterin is being arranged in Siberia. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 06, 1961
Accession Number
AD0269786

Entities

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacteria
  • Inoculation
  • Intestines
  • Lactic Acid
  • Mass Production
  • Microorganisms
  • Nitrogen
  • Production
  • Prokaryotes

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences
  • Biology

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Microbial Pathology