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 …

The ruminal microbiome associated with methane emissions from ruminant livestock

I Tapio, TJ Snelling, F Strozzi, RJ Wallace - Journal of animal science and …, 2017 - Springer
Methane emissions from ruminant livestock contribute significantly to the large
environmental footprint of agriculture. The rumen is the principal source of methane, and …

A heritable subset of the core rumen microbiome dictates dairy cow productivity and emissions

RJ Wallace, G Sasson, PC Garnsworthy, I Tapio… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
A 1000-cow study across four European countries was undertaken to understand to what
extent ruminant microbiomes can be controlled by the host animal and to identify …

Methods used for the study of endophytic fungi: A review on methodologies and challenges, and associated tips

JBA Dos Reis, AS Lorenzi, HMM do Vale - Archives of Microbiology, 2022 - Springer
Endophytic fungi are microorganisms that colonize the interior of plant tissues (eg leaves,
seeds, stem, trunk, roots, fruits, flowers) in intracellular and/or extracellular spaces without …

Anaerobic fungi (phylum Neocallimastigomycota): advances in understanding their taxonomy, life cycle, ecology, role and biotechnological potential

RJ Gruninger, AK Puniya, TM Callaghan… - FEMS microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Anaerobic fungi (phylum Neocallimastigomycota) inhabit the gastrointestinal tract of
mammalian herbivores, where they play an important role in the degradation of plant …

Microbiome–metabolome analysis reveals unhealthy alterations in the composition and metabolism of ruminal microbiota with increasing dietary grain in a goat model

SY Mao, WJ Huo, WY Zhu - Environmental Microbiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Currently, knowledge about the impact of high‐grain (HG) feeding on rumen microbiota and
metabolome is limited. In this study, a combination of the 454 pyrosequencing strategy and …

Effect of dietary forage to concentrate ratios on dynamic profile changes and interactions of ruminal microbiota and metabolites in Holstein heifers

J Zhang, H Shi, Y Wang, S Li, Z Cao, S Ji… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
A better understanding of global ruminal microbiota and metabolites under extensive
feeding conditions is a prerequisite for optimizing rumen function and improving ruminant …

[图书][B] The fungal community: its organization and role in the ecosystem

J Dighton, JF White - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
"… a number of chapters provide excellent summaries of the modern methods available for
studying fungal ecology, along with those more traditional methods that are still extremely …

Early-diverging fungal phyla: taxonomy, species concept, ecology, distribution, anthropogenic impact, and novel phylogenetic proposals

K Voigt, TY James, PM Kirk, ALCMA Santiago… - Fungal Diversity, 2021 - Springer
The increasing number of new fungal species described from all over the world along with
the use of genetics to define taxa, has dramatically changed the classification system of …

PCR and omics based techniques to study the diversity, ecology and biology of anaerobic fungi: insights, challenges and opportunities

JE Edwards, RJ Forster, TM Callaghan… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Anaerobic fungi (phylum Neocallimastigomycota) are common inhabitants of the digestive
tract of mammalian herbivores, and in the rumen, can account for up to 20% of the microbial …