REVIEW: The rumen microbiome: composition, abundance, diversity, and new investigative tools

DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30076-0
Author	Search for: Chaucheyras-Durand, Frédérique; Search for: Ossa, Faisury¹
Name affiliation	National Research Council of Canada
Format	Text, Article
Subject	Rumen; Microbiota; Ruminant digestion; Diversity; DNA-based technique; RNA-based technique
Abstract	Ruminants are able to degrade and use fibrous feed as a source of energy and nutrients because of the presence of complex anaerobic microbiota in the rumen, composed mainly of bacteria, fungi, and ciliate protozoa. Ruminal microorganisms play different roles in feed digestion and act synergistically to ferment plant structural and nonstructural carbohydrates and proteins. This review reports the latest assessment of microbiota diversity in the rumen ecosystem and summarizes the molecular techniques and the newly available “omic” technologies, based on DNA and RNA sequence analysis, which allow for new insights into the structure and functions of these complex microbial communities.
Publication date	2014-02
Publisher	Elsevier
In	The Professional Animal Scientist 30, no. 1: 1–12.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
Identifier	S1080744615300760
NPARC number	23000072
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