ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2021
The rumen microbiome: balancing food security and environmental impacts.
Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 270 papers.
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270 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Spatial heterogeneity of viral communities across the gastrointestinal tracts of ruminants.Journal of advanced research · 2026Article
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- Host-parasite-microbiome interactions in gastrointestinal trematodes and cestodes of small ruminants: current advances and future perspectives.Veterinary research communications · 2026Review
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- Predictable shifts in microbial species composition lead to community-wide robustness to environmental stress.Nature microbiology · 2026Article
- Effects ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Microbe Decoder uncovers functional traits of microbes in microbiome datasets.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
- Enhancing sheep rumen health with Przewalskia tangutica: boosting fermentation and microbial diversity in saline-alkali sown pastures.Animal microbiome · 2026Article
- Volatile Fatty Acid Production from Baijiu Distillers' Grains Via Anaerobic Fermentation with Rumen Microbes: Performance and Mechanism.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Tuning Xylan Polymerisation Enhanced Fibre Digestibility Without Biomass Loss in Sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis).Plant biotechnology journal · 2026Article
- Influence of Plant Secondary Metabolites on intake, Detoxification Costs, and Microbial Communities in Deer.Journal of chemical ecology · 2026Article
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- Variations in methane emissions from dairy cows: associations with rumen microbial synergy and metabolic pathway divergence.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Eucommia ulmoides leaves improving growth by regulating the rumen microbiome in sheep.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Single-contig bacterial genomes recovered from cattle fecal metagenomes at farms with variable antibiotic use.Research square · 2026Article
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Abstract
Ruminants produce edible products and contribute to food security. They house a complex rumen microbial community that enables the host to digest their plant feed through microbial-mediated fermentation. However, the rumen microbiome is also responsible for the production of one of the most potent greenhouse gases, methane, and contributes about 18% of its total anthropogenic emissions. Conventional methods to lower methane production by ruminants have proved successful, but to a limited and often temporary extent. An increased understanding of the host-microbiome interactions has led to the development of new mitigation strategies. In this Review we describe the composition, ecology and metabolism of the rumen microbiome, and the impact on host physiology and the environment. We also discuss the most pertinent methane mitigation strategies that emerged to balance food security and environmental impacts.
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