Background: Parturition is a critical event in the reproductive cycle of dairy animals, accompanied by multiple physiological changes in sex hormones, metabolism, antioxidant capacity and immune function. However, the changes in the rectal microbiota and metabolic products of Jennies from late ge...
The ubiquitously distributed ammonia-oxidizing archaea generate energy from ammonia and build cell mass from inorganic carbon sources, thereby contributing to both the global nitrogen and carbon cycles. However, little is known about the regulation of their predicted core carbon metabolism. A the...