Cow stomachs are divided into four compartments. The scientists in this video are examining one of the compartments, a fermentation chamber called the rumen, Mercadante said. Researchers ...

This bastion of bugs that resides in a cow’s 20-gallon rumen are ultimately responsible for digesting all the plant material the bovine consumes. Being the quintessential symbiotic relationship — the ...

Now researchers report that they have found dozens of previously unknown microbial enzymes in the bovine rumen -- the cow's primary grass-digestion chamber -- that contribute to the breakdown of ...

Hess says the rumen microbiome is an underexplored resource. It teems with microbial enzymes and metabolites that can benefit animals, humans and the planet. Hess has built an artificial cow gut ...

In one particularly large chamber of the cow stomach, known as the rumen, bacteria digest plant cellulose from the grass and feed that the cow eats. The researchers speculate that because the cow ...

"Cows or rather the microbes in their rumen have had millions of years to optimize their capabilities of digesting grass," Eddy Rubin, lead author and director of the federal Joint Genome ...

Cows' methane emissions start in a chamber of the stomach called the rumen, where a vibrant microbiome turns the animal's food into usable energy. The rumen is what helps cows live off of a diet ...

The cows have help. A rich microbiome in the largest chamber of their stomach, known as the rumen, dismantles these foodstuffs and transforms them into usable energy. “It’s incredible,” said ...

Sometimes, answering a long-standing problem is a matter of finding a new perspective. Take methane from cows: For years, people have been trying to eliminate the gas from cow burps in an attempt ...

Now researchers report that they have found dozens of previously unknown microbial enzymes in the bovine rumen – the cow's primary grass-digestion chamber – that contribute to the breakdown of ...