<i>In Vivo</i> Competitions between Fibrobacter succinogenes, Ruminococcus flavefaciens, and Ruminoccus albus in a Gnotobiotic Sheep Model Revealed by Multi-Omic Analyses
Carl J. Yeoman, Christopher J. Fields, Pascale Lepercq, Philippe Ruiz, Évelyne Forano, Bryan A. White, Pascale Mosoni
Abstract
Ruminant animals, including cattle and sheep, depend on their rumen microbiota to digest plant biomass and convert it into absorbable energy. Considering that the extent of meat and milk production depends on the efficiency of the microbiota to deconstruct plant cell walls, the functionality of predominant rumen cellulolytic bacteria, Fibrobacter succinogenes , Ruminococcus albus , and Ruminococcus flavefaciens , has been extensively studied in vitro to obtain a better knowledge of how they operate to hydrolyze polysaccharides and ultimately find ways to enhance animal production.
Topics & Concepts
Fibrobacter succinogenesRuminococcusRumenBiologyMicrobiologyRuminantBacteriaFood scienceFermentationEcologyGeneticsFecesCropRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyBioenergy crop production and managementPlant and fungal interactions