In recent years, biogas production from complex biomass has received great interest.
Therefore, many studies have been conducted to understand the anaerobic digestion …

The conviction that all fungi required oxygen for growth was summarized in 1949 by JN
Foster when he wrote,'One of the major metabolic differences between moulds and bacteria …

The fecal microbiome of cattle plays a critical role not only in animal health and productivity
but also in food safety, pathogen shedding, and the performance of fecal pollution detection …

This book presents a series of chapters on the current knowledge with an emphasis on the
interactions of host animal with the microbes in the rumen. The whole content is divided into …

Lignocellulosic biomass remains a largely untapped source of renewable energy
predominantly due to its recalcitrance and an incomplete understanding of how this is …

Establishment of microbes in the young ruminant is primarily dependent upon its exposure
to an adult animal and having a rumen environment compatible with growth of the …

The ecology of the uncultured, but large and morphologically conspicuous, rumen bacterium
Oscillospira spp. was studied. Oscillospira-specific 16S rRNA gene sequences were …

Plant polysaccharide breakdown by microbes in the rumen is fundamental to digestion in
ruminant livestock. Bacterial species belonging to the rumen genera Butyrivibrio and …

ABSTRACT A long-term monensin supplementation trial involving lactating dairy cattle was
conducted to determine the effect of monensin on the quantity and diversity of rumen …

Plant cell walls, the major reservoir of fixed carbon in nature, have three major polymers:
cellulose (insoluble fibers of/3-1, 4-glucan), hemicellulose (noncellulosic polysaccharides …