Proteome specialization of anaerobic fungi during ruminal degradation of recalcitrant plant fiber.

ABSTRACT: The rumen harbors a complex microbial mixture of archaea, bacteria, protozoa, and fungi that efficiently breakdown plant biomass and its complex dietary carbohydrates into soluble sugars that can be fermented and subsequently converted into metabolites and nutrients utilized by the host animal. While rumen bacterial populations have been well documented, only a fraction of the rumen eukarya are taxonomically and functionally characterized, despite the recognition that they contribute to the cellulolytic phenotype of the rumen microbiota. To investigate how anaerobic fungi actively engage in digestion of recalcitrant fiber that is resistant to degradation, we resolved genome-centric metaproteome and metatranscriptome datasets generated from switchgrass samples incubated for 48 h in nylon ba

SUBMITTER: Hagen LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8026616 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature