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Rumen microbial community composition varies with diet and host, but a core microbiome is found across a wide geographical range

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Henderson, Gemma, Cox, Faith, Ganesh, Siva, Jonker, Arjan, Young, Wayne, Global Rumen Census Collaborators, Abecia, Leticia, Angarita, Erika +139 more·2015·Scientific Reports

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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 species, or geography. Similar bacteria and archaea dominated in nearly all samples, while protozoal communities were more variable. The dominant bacteria are poorly characterised, but the methanogenic archaea are better known and highly conserved across the world. This universality and limited diversity could make it possible to mitigate methane emissions by developing strategies that target the few dominant methanogens. Differences in microbial community compositions were predominantly attributable to diet, with the host being less influential. There were few strong co-occurrence patterns between microbes, suggesting that major metabolic interactions are non-selective rather than specific.

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Henderson, G., Cox, F., Ganesh, S., Jonker, A., Young, W., Collaborators, G. R. C., Abecia, L., Angarita, E., Aravena, P., Nora Arenas, G., Ariza, C., Attwood, G. T., Mauricio Avila, J., Avila-Stagno, J., Bannink, A., Barahona, R., Batistotti, M., Bertelsen, M. F., Brown-Kav, A., Carvajal, A. M., Cersosimo, L., Vieira Chaves, A., Church, J., Clipson, N., Cobos-Peralta, M. A., Cookson, A. L., Cravero, S., Cristobal Carballo, O., Crosley, K., Cruz, G., Cerón Cucchi, M., de la Barra, R., De Menezes, A. B., Detmann, E., Dieho, K., Dijkstra, J., dos Reis, W. L. S., Dugan, M. E. R., Hadi Ebrahimi, S., Eythórsdóttir, E., Nde Fon, F., Fraga, M., Franco, F., Friedeman, C., Fukuma, N., Gagić, D., Gangnat, I., Javier Grilli, D., Guan, L. L., Heidarian Miri, V., Hernandez-Sanabria, E., Gomez, A. X. I., Isah, O. A., Ishaq, S., Jami, E., Jelincic, J., Kantanen, J., Kelly, W. J., Kim, S.-H., Klieve, A., Kobayashi, Y., Koike, S., Kopecny, J., Nygaard Kristensen, T., Julie Krizsan, S., LaChance, H., Lachman, M., Lamberson, W. R., Lambie, S., Lassen, J., Leahy, S. C., Lee, S.-S., Leiber, F., Lewis, E., Lin, B., Lira, R., Lund, P., Macipe, E., Mamuad, L. L., Cuquetto Mantovani, H., Marcoppido, G. A., Márquez, C., Martin, C., Martinez, G., Eugenia Martinez, M., Lucía Mayorga, O., McAllister, T. A., McSweeney, C., Mestre, L., Minnee, E., Mitsumori, M., Mizrahi, I., Molina, I., Muenger, A., Muñoz, C., Murovec, B., Newbold, J., Nsereko, V., O’Donovan, M., Okunade, S., O’Neill, B., Ospina, S., Ouwerkerk, D., Parra, D., Pereira, L. G. R., Pinares-Patiño, C., Pope, P. B., Poulsen, M., Rodehutscord, M., Rodriguez, T., Saito, K., Sales, F., Sauer, C., Shingfield, K., Shoji, N., Simunek, J., Stojanović-Radić, Z., Stres, B., Sun, X., Swartz, J., Liang Tan, Z., Tapio, I., Taxis, T. M., Tomkins, N., Ungerfeld, E., Valizadeh, R., van Adrichem, P., Van Hamme, J., Van Hoven, W., Waghorn, G., John Wallace, R., Wang, M., Waters, S. M., Keogh, K., Witzig, M., Wright, A.-D. G., Yamano, H., Yan, T., Yáñez-Ruiz, D. R., Yeoman, C. J., Zambrano, R., Zeitz, J., Zhou, M., Wei Zhou, H., Xia Zou, C., Zunino, P., & Janssen, P. H.
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  • AgResearch (NZ)
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
  • University of Concepción (CL)
  • Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (AR)
  • Universidad de Cundinamarca (CO)
  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia (CO)
  • Copenhagen Zoo (DK)
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  • Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales Agrícolas y Pecuarias (MX)
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  • Universidade Federal de Viçosa (BR)
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (CA)
  • Agricultural University of Iceland (IS)
  • National University of San Marcos (PE)
  • Hokkaido University (JP)
  • ETH Zurich (CH)
  • University of Alberta (CA)
  • Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (NG)
  • Agricultural Research Organization (IL)
  • Natural Resources Institute Finland (FI)
  • University of Eastern Finland (FI)
  • Sunchon National University (KR)
  • The University of Queensland (AU)
  • Czech Academy of Sciences (CZ)
  • Montana State University (US)
  • Aarhus University (DK)
  • Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CL)
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (AU)
  • Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria – AGROSAVIA (CO)
  • National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (JP)
  • University of Ljubljana (SI)
  • Cargill (Netherlands) (NL)
  • University of Hohenheim (DE)
  • University of Nis (RS)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
  • Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority (IE)
Corresponding author
  • Henderson, Gemma
  • Janssen, Peter H.
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2015-10-09
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
14567-14567
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1842963151
Cited by
1,682
References
55
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en
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  • University of Missouri
  • Aarhus Universitet
  • AgResearch
  • Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria
  • Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación
  • Montana State University
  • Montana Agricultural Experiment Station (MONB00113)
  • Universität Hohenheim
  • Diamond V
  • Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division
  • Scottish Government
  • Australian Government
  • New Zealand Government
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
  • Science Foundation Ireland (09/RFP/GEN2447)
  • Teagasc
  • James Cook University
  • University of Queensland
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Sunchon National University
  • Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency
  • DairyNZ
  • Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
  • Rural Development Administration (PJ010906)
  • Akademie Věd České Republiky
  • Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS (and P4-, P4-0097, J1-6732)
  • Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet
  • Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais
  • Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
  • Clermont Université
  • Univerza v Ljubljani
  • Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet
  • Product Board Animal Feed
  • Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
  • VetAgro Sup
  • Université de Lyon
  • Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación
  • Agroscope
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
Keywords
rumen microbiome, ruminant livestock, host species effects, regional variation, core microbiome, methanogenic archaea, rumen protozoa, microbial co-occurrence, methane mitigation, feed degradation
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Animals, Archaea, Bacteria, Diet, DNA, Bacterial, Geography, Phylogeny, Rumen, Ruminants, Species Specificity, Genetic Variation, DNA, Protozoan, Sequence Analysis, DNA, DNA, Archaeal, Host-Pathogen Interactions, DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic

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