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Rumen microbial community composition varies with diet and host, but a core microbiome is found across a wide geographical range.
Scientific reports - 9 Oct 2015
Henderson Gemma, Cox Faith, Ganesh Siva, Jonker Arjan, Young Wayne, Janssen Peter H
Abstract excerpt
Ruminant livestock are important sources of human food and global greenhouse gas emissions. Feed degradation and methane formation by ruminants rely on metabolic interactions between rumen microbes and affect ruminant productivity. Rumen and camelid foregut microbial community composition was determined in 742 samples from 32 animal species and 35 countries, to estimate if this was influenced by diet, host...
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