Engineering Rumen Metabolic Pathways: Where We Are, and Where Are We Heading

• Autor principal: Emilio M. Ungerfeld (auth)
• Otros Autores: C. James Newbold (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Colección: Frontiers Research Topics
• Materias: Microbiology (non-medical); Microbiology; Rumen; Biochemistry; Fermentation; Metabolism; Ruminants
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Ruminants were domesticated in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago and have since become an inseparable part of human diet, society, and culture. Ruminants can transform inedible plant fiber and non-protein nitrogen into meat, milk, wool and traction, thus allowing human utilization of non-tillab...