Host identity dominates over intra-ruminal spatial variation in shaping the rumen microbiome of Holstein–Friesian dairy cows
Soumya Kanti Kar, Edoardo Zaccaria, Léon Šebek, Sanne van Gastelen · 2026
Read Host identity dominates over intra-ruminal spatial variation in shaping the rumen microbiome of Holstein–Friesian dairy cows by Soumya Kanti Kar, Edoardo Zaccaria, Léon Šebek, Sanne van Gastelen (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13572667.txt.
Description
Kar, Zaccaria, Šebek, and van Gastelen present a study from twenty twenty-six on microbes inside the cow rumen. Six dairy cows with rumen ports give fluid samples. Three rumen regions are sampled twice each for comparison. Gene sequencing profiles the microbial communities. Which cow a sample comes from explains the largest share of variation. Sampling region shifts almost nothing in overall community shape. Core microbe groups dominate every region alike.
A few rare microbes do differ by region. Diversity scores stay flat across regions and repeats. The authors call the rumen community stable within each animal. Vertical layers may still differ, they caution.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Soumya Kanti Kar, Edoardo Zaccaria, Léon Šebek, Sanne van Gastelen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |