ArticleScience advances2019
A heritable subset of the core rumen microbiome dictates dairy cow productivity and emissions.
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- Genomic dissection of methane emission traits in cattle: A meta-GWAS and heritability analysis across populations.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- The effects of the Green-Mediterranean diet on cardiometabolic health are linked to gut microbiome modifications: a randomized controlled trial.Genome medicine · 2022Trial
- Beyond the Rumen: Current Evidence and Knowledge Gaps in Microbial Diversity and Function Across the Bovine Gastrointestinal Tract.Current microbiology · 2026Review
- Rumen Microbiota, Predicted Metabolic Pathways, and Fermentation Parameters Exhibit Production-System-Specific Associations in Cattle and Goats.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Methane emissions in beef cattle: A review of measurements and mitigation strategies.Veterinary and animal science · 2026Review
- Microbiome Engineering in Dairy Cattle: A Critical Review of Strategies for Disease Resistance, Productivity, and Sustainable Farming.Veterinary sciences · 2026Review
- The Dairy Ruminant Gut Microbiome: Profile, Responsiveness to Seasonality and Impact on Milk Quality.Environmental microbiology · 2026Review
- Composition and diversity of gastrointestinal tract fungi in finishing bulls fed different medium-chain fatty acid triglycerides.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Effects of Fibrolytic Enzymes Alone or with Live Yeast on Rumen Microbiota and Fermentation During Grazing-to-Indoor Transition in Dairy Cows.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Dietary plant extracts reduce methane emission and modulate rumen microbial functionality in Merino lambs.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Harnessing gastrointestinal microbial co-association networks to predict feed efficiency and methane emissions across beef and dairy cattle.Microbial genomics · 2026Article
- Bacterial proteome foundation model enhances functional prediction from enzymes to ecological interactions.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Harnessing the early-life gut microbiome for sustainable ruminant production.Animal microbiome · 2026Review
- Meat Quality Differences Between Ganan Tibetan Sheep and Tianzhu Tibetan Sheep Using Metabolomics and Rumen Microbiota Analyses.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Host-microbiome interplay supports heat stress resilience in zebu calves.Animal microbiome · 2026Article
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- Dysbiosis of the enteric DNA virome correlates with the development of cachexia in a murine Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) model.Archives of virology · 2026Article
- Integrative analysis of rumen microbiota and host multi-organ interactions underlying feed conversion efficiency in Hu sheep.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Ruminosignatures associated with methane emissions and feed efficiency across geographies and cattle breeds.The ISME journal · 2026Article
- Short communication: oral microbiome as a potential proxy for methane emissions in grazing tropical composite beef cattle.Journal of animal science · 2026Article
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Abstract
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 characteristics of the host rumen microbiome axis that determine productivity and methane emissions. A core rumen microbiome, phylogenetically linked and with a preserved hierarchical structure, was identified. A 39-member subset of the core formed hubs in co-occurrence networks linking microbiome structure to host genetics and phenotype (methane emissions, rumen and blood metabolites, and milk production efficiency). These phenotypes can be predicted from the core microbiome using machine learning algorithms. The heritable core microbes, therefore, present primary targets for rumen manipulation toward sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture.
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