Molecular Nutrition

Metagenomics Reveals Rumen Microbial Diversity and Functions

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  • 1. Institute of Dairy Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310012, China;
    2. Department of Bioscience, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo 315100, China

Received date: 2016-10-09

  Online published: 2017-05-13

Abstract

There are a large number of microorganisms that inhabit the rumen of ruminant animals, which are closely related to host digestion, absorption and immunization. The host and symbiotic microorganisms together constitute a "superorganisms". Because most of microorganisms in the rumen cannot be cultivated, traditional culture-dependent methods have obvious drawbacks. Metagenomics is a high throughput method that characterizes the rumen microbial community structure and identifies novel functional genes. Moreover, the interactions between microbiome and host genetics are also determined through the use of metagenomics. With advances in omic technologies, metagenomics can be a powerful tool in studying the rumen microbiome with encouraging prospects.

Key words: metagenomics; rumen; microbiome

Cite this article

WU Peng, CHEN Zhongfa, WANG Jiakun . Metagenomics Reveals Rumen Microbial Diversity and Functions[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2017 , 29(5) : 1506 -1514 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2017.05.008

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