The Streptococcus bovis bacterium is the rumen microorganism believed to be chiefly responsible…

Megasphaera elsdenii are anaerobic, Gram-negative, and coccus (spherical shaped)…

The use of by-products from the ethanol industry for livestock feeding has provided a more readily available feed source. However…

To honor our first year at rumenmicrobes.utk.edu and all the microbes featured, we’ve developed…

This featured ruminal microbe is Dasytricha ruminantium​…

​Staphylococcus epidermidis are among many bacteria found in the rumen of reindeer. Reindeer are…

This highlighted microbe features a methane-producing species of archaea, Methanobrevibacter ruminantium. Mbb. ruminantium was the first methanogenic archaeal species to have its genome fully sequenced and has been studied extensively…

This highlighted microbe features our first anaerobic genus of fungi, Neocallimastix frontalis. ..

This featured microbe is Prevotella ruminicola. Prevotella are one of the largest groups of…

This month’s featured microbe is Ruminococcus flavefaciens. The ruminococci …