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

• Main Author: Emilio M. Ungerfeld (auth)
• Other Authors: C. James Newbold (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); Microbiology; Rumen; Biochemistry; Fermentation; Metabolism; Ruminants
• Online Access: 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...