Cellulolytic bacteria in the large intestine of mammals

A Froidurot, V Julliand - Gut Microbes, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The utilization of dietary cellulose by resident bacteria in the large intestine of mammals,
both herbivores and omnivores (including humans), has been a subject of interest since the …

High-throughput screening for efficient microbial biotechnology

A Sarnaik, A Liu, D Nielsen, AM Varman - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•High-throughput screening (HTS) facilitates selection of the best performing
strain.•Biosensor-enabled HTS obviates the need for sophisticated analytical …

Deep metagenome and metatranscriptome analyses of microbial communities affiliated with an industrial biogas fermenter, a cow rumen, and elephant feces reveal …

S Güllert, MA Fischer, D Turaev, B Noebauer… - Biotechnology for …, 2016 - Springer
Background The diverse microbial communities in agricultural biogas fermenters are
assumed to be well adapted for the anaerobic transformation of plant biomass to methane …

Clinical health issues, reproductive hormones, and metabolic hormones associated with gut microbiome structure in African and Asian elephants

MM Keady, N Prado, HC Lim, J Brown, S Paris… - Animal Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background The gut microbiome is important to immune health, metabolism, and hormone
regulation. Understanding host–microbiome relationships in captive animals may lead to …

A metagenomic analysis of the camel rumen's microbiome identifies the major microbes responsible for lignocellulose degradation and fermentation

J Gharechahi, GH Salekdeh - Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2018 - Springer
Background The diverse microbiome present in the rumen of ruminant animals facilitates the
digestion of plant-based fiber. In this study, a shotgun metagenomic analysis of the microbes …

Biochemical characteristics of microbial enzymes and their significance from industrial perspectives

S Thapa, H Li, J OHair, S Bhatti, FC Chen… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Microbes are ubiquitously distributed in nature and are a critical part of the holobiont fitness.
They are perceived as the most potential biochemical reservoir of inordinately diverse and …

Bioprospecting of functional cellulases from metagenome for second generation biofuel production: a review

R Tiwari, L Nain, NE Labrou… - Critical reviews in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Second generation biofuel production has been appeared as a sustainable and alternative
energy option. The ultimate aim is the development of an industrially feasible and economic …

Host phylogeny and host ecology structure the mammalian gut microbiota at different taxonomic scales

CA Rojas, S Ramírez-Barahona, KE Holekamp… - Animal Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
The gut microbiota is critical for host function. Among mammals, host phylogenetic
relatedness and diet are strong drivers of gut microbiota structure, but one factor may be …

Characterization of metagenome-assembled genomes and carbohydrate-degrading genes in the gut microbiota of Tibetan pig

S Zhou, R Luo, G Gong, Y Wang, Z Gesang… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tibetan pig is an important domestic mammal, providing products of high nutritional value for
millions of people living in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The genomes of mammalian gut …

[HTML][HTML] Captivity shapes the gut microbiota of Andean bears: insights into health surveillance

A Borbón-García, A Reyes, M Vives-Flórez… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The Andean bear is an endemic species of the tropical Andes who has an almost
exclusively plant-based diet. Since herbivorous mammals do not carry enzymes for fiber …