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L. buchneri was originally isolated from naturally occurring aerobically stable silages. L. buchneri is a heterofermentative bacteria that produces lactic and acetic acid during fermentation. Silages treated with an effective dose (up to 5 x 105 CFU/gram of fresh material) of L. buchneri have higher concentrations of acetic acid and lower levels of lactic acid than untreated silages.
Most bacterial silage inoculants produce primarily lactic acid during the fermentation process. The most common lactic acid producing bacteria used in silage inoculants are Lactobacillus plantarum, L. acidophilus, Pediococcus cerevisiae, P. acidilactici and Enterocccus faecium. These organisms have been demonstrated to increase the rate of pH decline during fermentation, decrease losses of silage DM, and in many cases, animal performance is improved. However, silage fermentation products produced by homofermentative bacterial inoculants sometimes can result in silage that is less stable when exposed to air than silages that have not been inoculated. This is possible because lactic acid produced by homofermentative bacteria can be readily metabolized by some species of yeast and mold upon exposure to oxygen.
When applied at the time of ensiling at the rate of up to 5 x 105 per gram of fresh material, L. buchneri has been demonstrated to improve aerobic stability of high moisture corn, corn silage, alfalfa silage and small grain silages relative to untreated controls.
The beneficial impact of L. buchneri appears to be related to the production of acetic acid. Although the precise mechanism has not yet been determined it is likely that aerobic stability is improved because acetic acid inhibits growth of specific species of yeast that are responsible for heating upon exposure to oxygen.
In research trials yeast and mold growth in silage treated with L. buchneri has been lower at feed-out than for untreated control silages. Yeast and mold levels in silage inoculated with L. buchneri also do not increase as rapidly as in untreated controls when exposed to air. As a result, the temperature of silage inoculated with L. buchneri does not readily rise upon exposure to air and tends to remain similar to ambient temperature for several days, even in warm weather.