Investigating the establishment of the rumen and oral bacterial communities in beef cattle and assessing the applicability of using the oral bacterial community composition as a proxy for rumen bacterial community structure in cattle
Results from this study suggest that oral and rumen bacterial communities are distinctive, and the oral bacterial community may not serve as a good proxy for the rumen bacterial community even in adult animals with a well-established microbiome. However, the oral bacterial community may serve as a proxy for phenotypic traits of interest in beef cattle.
Authors
- Nirosh D. Aluthge
- Matthew L Spangler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5184-501X)
- Seidu Adams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9515-1156)
- John Dustin Loy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7282-096X)
- Samodha C. Fernando (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4592-7016)
- Andrew Lakamp
- Emma Laible
Institutions
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- Published
- 2025-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1667498
- Primary Topic
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- National Institute of Food and Agriculture