This featured microbe is Escherichia coli. Escherichia coli or best known as E. coli, is a Gram-negative…

In honor of a great year at rumenmicrobes.utk.edu and all the microbes, we’ve developed this interactive collage….

Today’s microbe includes species of the genus Lactobacillus. Lactobacillus species…

Fibrobacter succinogenes is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, anaerobic bacterium found in the rumen…

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…