Research Progress in the Rumen Microbiota and Their Function
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Physiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 2041
Special Issue Editors
2. Division of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
Interests: animal gut and respiratory microbiome
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: nutrition and rumen microbiome
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The rumen, a critical organ for ruminant production, converts low-quality forage into volatile fatty acids as well as microbial protein for body requirements and high-quality protein for human consumption via the fermentation of symbiotic microbiota; however, our current knowledge of rumen microbiota and their function is limited. Sequencing technologies, including 16S rRNA sequencing, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metabolomics, and metaproteomics, have shown great promise over the past decade in advancing our collective knowledge about the composition as well as function of the rumen microbiome, which responds to factors related to diet, age, heredity, feeding strategy, environment, etc. However, the mechanisms through which these factors affect rumen microbiota remain unclear, and studies using omics to investigate rumen microbiota function are lacking. This Special Issue aims to publish a diverse range of original research, reviews, rapid communications, and methodology articles that collectively advance our understanding about the research progress in rumen microbiota and their function.
In this Special Issue, original research articles, reviews, rapid communications, and methodologies are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Rumen microbial responses to external factors, including the diet, heredity, feeding strategy, etc.;
- Application of omics to reveal rumen microbiota function;
- The association between the rumen microbiome and methanogenesis;
- Rumen microbiota interactions with hosts;
- The composition and function of rumen fungi, archaea, and protozoa;
- The axis of rumen microbiota and other organs, such as the liver, brain, lung, and spleen.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Jianmin Chai
Prof. Dr. Naifeng Zhang
Dr. Yanliang Bi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- rumen microbiota
- omics
- microbe–host interactions
- archaea
- fungi
- metagenomics
