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ArticleEnvironmental microbiology2021

Solid diet manipulates rumen epithelial microbiota and its interactions with host transcriptomic in young ruminants.

Jianmin Chai, Xiaokang Lv, Qiyu Diao, Hunter Usdrowski, Yimin Zhuang, Wenqin Huang, Kai Cui, Naifeng Zhang

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Article in Environmental microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jianmin ChaiFeed Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100081, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9341-9932
Xiaokang LvFeed Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100081, China.
Qiyu DiaoFeed Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100081, China.
Hunter UsdrowskiDepartment of Animal Science, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701, USA.
Yimin ZhuangFeed Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100081, China.
Wenqin HuangFeed Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100081, China.
Kai CuiFeed Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100081, China.
Naifeng ZhangFeed Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, 100081, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6272-7553
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNUniversity of Arkansas System · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solid diet supplementation in the early life stages of ruminants could improve rumen microbiota and tissue development. However, most studies focus on bacteria in the rumen content community. The microbiota attached on rumen epithelium are rarely investigated, and their correlations with rumen content bacteria and host transcripts are unknown. In this study, rumen digesta attached in the epithelium from goats in three diet regimes (milk replacer only, milk replacer supplemented concentrate and milk replacer supplemented concentrate plus alfalfa pellets) were collected for measurement of the epithelial microbiota using next generation sequencing. Correspondingly, the rumen tissues of the same animals were measured with the host transcriptome. The distinct microbial structures and compositions between rumen content and epithelial communities were associated with solid diet supplementation. Regarding rumen development in pre-weaning ruminants, a solid diet, especially its accompanying neutral detergent fibre nutrients, was the most significant driver that influenced the rumen microbiota and epithelium gene expression. Compared with content bacteria, rumen epithelial microbiota had a stronger association with the host transcriptome. The host transcriptome correlated with host phenotypes were associated with rumen epithelial microbiota and solid diet. This study reveals that the epithelial microbiota is crucial for proper rumen development, and solid diet could improve rumen development through both the rumen content and epithelial microbiota.

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MicrobiotaRumenAnimal FeedAnimalsDietRuminantsTranscriptome

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