The paper investigates how two ruminant species digest brown algae by analyzing microbial pathways and omics data from in vivo and in vitro experiments.

Nature Communications · Jul 16, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Global distribution of microbial carrageenan foraging pathways reveals widespread latent traits within the genetic dark matter of ruminant intestinal microbiomes

Jeffrey P. Tingley, Thea Os Andersen, Liam G. Mihalynuk, Xiaohui Xing, Kristin E. Low, Douglas P. Whiteside, Ianina Altshuler, Nic Jujihara, Anna Y. Shearer, Leeann Klassen, Spencer C. Serin, Edgar Smith, Greta Reintjes, Trushar R. Patel, A.B. Boraston, , D. Wade Abbott

The paper identifies carrageenan catabolism pathways in ruminant gut microbiomes, revealing their widespread distribution and evolutionary history.

Nature Communications · May 12, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

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

Microbial consortia driving lignocellulose transformation in agricultural woodchip bioreactors

Valerie C. Schiml, Juline M. Walter, Live H. Hagen, Anikó Várnai, Linda Liberg Bergaust, Arturo Vera-Ponce de León, Lars Elsgaard, Lars Reier Bakken, Magnus Ø. Arntzen

This study identifies microbial drivers and enzymatic strategies for lignocellulose degradation in denitrifying woodchip bioreactors.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · Nov 11, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology