The rumen microbiome: balancing food security and environmental impacts

I Mizrahi, RJ Wallace, S Moraïs - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
Ruminants produce edible products and contribute to food security. They house a complex
rumen microbial community that enables the host to digest their plant feed through microbial …

Strategies used to reduce methane emissions from ruminants: Controversies and issues

B Króliczewska, E Pecka-Kiełb, J Bujok - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Methanogenesis plays a crucial role in the digestive process of ruminant animals. During
this process, methanogenic archaea produce methane as a byproduct of their metabolism …

Multiple energy sources and metabolic strategies sustain microbial diversity in Antarctic desert soils

M Ortiz, PM Leung, G Shelley… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Numerous diverse microorganisms reside in the cold desert soils of continental Antarctica,
though we lack a holistic understanding of the metabolic processes that sustain them. Here …

An integrated gene catalog and over 10,000 metagenome-assembled genomes from the gastrointestinal microbiome of ruminants

F Xie, W Jin, H Si, Y Yuan, Y Tao, J Liu, X Wang… - Microbiome, 2021 - Springer
Background Gastrointestinal tract (GIT) microbiomes in ruminants play major roles in host
health and thus animal production. However, we lack an integrated understanding of …

Genomic and functional analyses of fungal and bacterial consortia that enable lignocellulose breakdown in goat gut microbiomes

X Peng, SE Wilken, TS Lankiewicz, SP Gilmore… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The herbivore digestive tract is home to a complex community of anaerobic microbes that
work together to break down lignocellulose. These microbiota are an untapped resource of …

Metabolic hydrogen flows in rumen fermentation: principles and possibilities of interventions

EM Ungerfeld - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Rumen fermentation affects ruminants productivity and the environmental impact of ruminant
production. The release to the atmosphere of methane produced in the rumen is a loss of …

[HTML][HTML] Could propionate formation be used to reduce enteric methane emission in ruminants?

K Wang, B Xiong, X Zhao - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
To meet the increasing demand for meat and milk, the livestock industry has to increase its
production. Without improving its efficiency, increased livestock, especially ruminant …

Prevotella: A key player in ruminal metabolism

CL Betancur-Murillo, SB Aguilar-Marín, J Jovel - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ruminants are foregut fermenters that have the remarkable ability of converting plant
polymers that are indigestible to humans into assimilable comestibles like meat and milk …

Metabolic flexibility allows bacterial habitat generalists to become dominant in a frequently disturbed ecosystem

YJ Chen, PM Leung, JL Wood, SK Bay… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Ecological theory suggests that habitat disturbance differentially influences distributions of
habitat generalist and specialist species. While well-established for macroorganisms, this …

Total volatile basic nitrogen and trimethylamine in muscle foods: Potential formation pathways and effects on human health

AEDA Bekhit, SG Giteru, BWB Holman… - … Reviews in Food …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The use of total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB‐N) as a quality parameter for fish is rapidly
growing to include other types of meat. Investigations of meat quality have recently focused …