Protozoal populations drive system-wide variation in the rumen microbiome
Carl Mathias Kobel, Andy O Leu, Arturo Vera-Ponce de León, Ove Øyås, Wanxin Lai, Ianina Altshuler, Live H. Hagen, Rasmus Dam Wollenberg, Mads Toft Søndergaard, Cassie R. Bakshani, William G. T. Willats, Laura Nicoll, Simon Jon McIlroy, Torgeir Rhoden Hvidsten, Oliver Schmidt, , Phillip Byron Pope
The paper identifies two rumen community types linked to protozoal populations and shows their impact on microbial interactions and metabolite profiles.
Nature Communications · Jul 7, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology