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The New Zealand-led &#8220;Global Rumen Census&#8221; project analysed the microbes responsible for ethane emissions from a wide range of ruminant animals around the world. The project found imilar bacteria and methanogens dominate in nearly all rumens across a wide variety of species and animal diets. This means that new technologies that seek to reduce methane emissions by influencing rumen microbes should have global applications.
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The results of the Global Rumen Census were released on 9 October 2015 in the open-access journal <a href="http://www.nature.com/articles/srep14567" target="_blank" title="http://www.nature.com/articles/srep14567 ... - link will open in a new window">Scientific Reports</a>.
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<strong>Global press release</strong> <br />
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<span class="mix_file"><a href="user/file/1026/GlobalRumenCensus-global-release.pdf" title="GRC Global Release"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" border="0" alt="pdf" vspace="1" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" /> GRC Global Release</a> <span style="font-size: 80%">(0.31MB)</span></span>&#160;
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<strong>New Zealand press release</strong>
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<span class="mix_file"><a href="user/file/1027/GlobalRumenCensus-NZ-release.pdf" title="GRC New Zealand Release"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" border="0" alt="pdf" vspace="1" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" /> GRC New Zealand Release</a> <span style="font-size: 80%">(0.34MB)</span></span>&#160;
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<strong>Science Q&#38;A</strong>
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<span class="mix_file"><a href="user/file/1028/GlobalRumenCensus-Science-Q%2BA.pdf" title="GRC Q&#38;A"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" border="0" alt="pdf" vspace="1" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" /> GRC Q&#38;A</a> <span style="font-size: 80%">(0.29MB)</span></span>&#160;<br />
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<strong>Rumen microbial community composition varies with diet and host, but a core microbiome is found across a wide geographical range</strong><br />
G. Henderson, F. Cox, S. Ganesh, A. Jonker, W. Young, P.H. Janssen. 2015. <br />
Scientific Reports 5: 14567.<br />
<a href="http://www.nature.com/articles/srep14567" target="_blank" title="http://www.nature.com/articles/srep14567 ... - link will open in a new window">www.nature.com/articles/srep14567 
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