The genomic and proteomic landscape of the rumen microbiome revealed by comprehensive genome-resolved metagenomics

The genomic and proteomic landscape of the rumen microbiome revealed by comprehensive genome-resolved metagenomics

By Robert D. Stewart, Marc D. Auffret, Amanda Warr, Alan W. Walker, Rainer Roehe, Mick Watson

Published on 08/12/2018

The rumen is specialized to break down plant-derived complex polysaccharidesGlossaryView allPolysaccharides
Succession of several sugars molecules.
. Collectively, the rumen microbiotaGlossaryView allMicrobiota
A microbiota is the whole of the ecosystem (bacteria, yeast, fungi and viruses) living in a specific environment. Intestinal microbiota was previously called “intestinal flora.”
includes thousands of enzymes responsible for this work. This work offers a comprehensive analysis of more than 6.5 terabytes of Illumina and Nanopore sequence data, including assembly of 4,941 metagenome-assembled genomes, whole-chromosome assemblies of novel rumen bacteria. It is also the largest dataset of predicted proteins from the rumen and provides rich annotation against public datasets. Together, these data will form an essential part of future studies of the rumen microbiomeGlossaryView allMicrobiota
A microbiota is the whole of the ecosystem (bacteria, yeast, fungi and viruses) living in a specific environment. Intestinal microbiota was previously called “intestinal flora.”
structure and function.

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