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International Conference on Sustainable Ruminant Livestock Production

Following the high level of interest and feedback generated by the Global Farm Platform position paper published as the Comment ‘Steps to Sustainable Livestock’ (Nature 507, 32-34, 2014), an International Conference on sustainable ruminant livestock production is planned to be held in Bristol 12-15 January 2016. For more details please see: http://www.globalfarmplatform.org/conference-intro/

Rumen fistulation : a valuable tool for exploring the role of rumen microbes

Please check out our facebook page for a recent video that was shared there regarding rumen fistulation. Rumen fistulation is a key methodological approach used to understand the role of anaerobic fungi (as well as other microorganisms) within the rumen. There are many different feelings about these kind of approaches, but I would just like to … Continue reading Rumen fistulation : a valuable tool for exploring the role of rumen microbes

ISAM-9 & Anaerobic fungi :)

At the recent ISAM-9 symposium there was much interest in anaerobic fungi across a range of applications from novel metabolite production, biogas production, methane mitigation and bio-remediation. There was also an informal network get together organised at the conference (big thank you Tony Callaghan!) where a variety of different anaerobic fungal interests and topics were … Continue reading ISAM-9 & Anaerobic fungi 🙂

Oontomyces – a brand new genus!

Delighted to announce the publication of a brand new anaerobic fungal genus: Oontomyces! That's eight genera now...Perhaps one of the most intriguing things about this genus is that it appears to be camelid specific. Further details about the new genus can be found in the recent Fungal Biology paper where its discovery was reported.