Addressing global ruminant agricultural challenges through understanding the rumen microbiome: past, present, and future

SA Huws, CJ Creevey, LB Oyama, I Mizrahi… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The rumen is a complex ecosystem composed of anaerobic bacteria, protozoa, fungi,
methanogenic archaea and phages. These microbes interact closely to breakdown plant …

[HTML][HTML] Invited review: Learning from the future—A vision for dairy farms and cows in 2067

JH Britt, RA Cushman, CD Dechow, H Dobson… - Journal of dairy …, 2018 - Elsevier
The world's population will reach 10.4 billion in 2067, with 81% residing in Africa or Asia.
Arable land available for food production will decrease to 0.15 ha per person. Temperature …

Mineral vs. organic amendments: microbial community structure, activity and abundance of agriculturally relevant microbes are driven by long-term fertilization …

D Francioli, E Schulz, G Lentendu, T Wubet… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Soil management is fundamental to all agricultural systems and fertilization practices have
contributed substantially to the impressive increases in food production. Despite the pivotal …

Cropping practices manipulate abundance patterns of root and soil microbiome members paving the way to smart farming

K Hartman, MGA van der Heijden, RA Wittwer… - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background Harnessing beneficial microbes presents a promising strategy to optimize plant
growth and agricultural sustainability. Little is known to which extent and how specifically …

Bacterial community structure after long-term organic and inorganic fertilization reveals important associations between soil nutrients and specific taxa involved in …

F Li, L Chen, J Zhang, J Yin, S Huang - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Fertilization has a large impact on the soil microbial communities, which play pivotal roles in
soil biogeochemical cycling and ecological processes. While the effects of changes in …

Agronomic efficiency of animal-derived organic fertilizers and their effects on biology and fertility of soil: A review

S Bhunia, A Bhowmik, R Mallick, J Mukherjee - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Healthy soils are essential for progressive agronomic activities. Organic fertilization
positively affects agro-ecosystems by stimulating plant growth, enhancing crop productivity …

Rumen microbiome from steers differing in feed efficiency

PR Myer, TPL Smith, JE Wells, LA Kuehn, HC Freetly - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The cattle rumen has a diverse microbial ecosystem that is essential for the host to digest
plant material. Extremes in body weight (BW) gain in mice and humans have been …

Shift in the microbial community composition of surface water and sediment along an urban river

L Wang, J Zhang, H Li, H Yang, C Peng, Z Peng… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Urban rivers represent a unique ecosystem in which pollution occurs regularly, leading to
significantly altered of chemical and biological characteristics of the surface water and …

Seasonal variability in bacterial and fungal diversity of the near-surface atmosphere

RM Bowers, N Clements, JB Emerson… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Bacteria and fungi are ubiquitous throughout the Earth's lower atmosphere where they often
represent an important component of atmospheric aerosols with the potential to impact …

Fish gut microbiota analysis differentiates physiology and behavior of invasive Asian carp and indigenous American fish

L Ye, J Amberg, D Chapman, M Gaikowski… - The ISME …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Gut microbiota of invasive Asian silver carp (SVCP) and indigenous planktivorous gizzard
shad (GZSD) in Mississippi river basin were compared using 16S rRNA gene …