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Plant-microbe interactions in the rumen ecosystem

Reference	BBS/E/G/00003008
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Alison Kingston-Smith
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors
Institution	Inst of Grassland and Environmental Res
Department	Inst of Grassland and Environmental Res Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	2,317,231
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2003
End date	31/03/2008
Duration	60 months

Abstract

We hypothesise that microbial colonisation and digestion of newly-ingested plant material is affected by plant composition and plant metabolic processes. Feed-specific alterations in plant-microbe signalling could lead to altered patterns of feed bolus colonisation and perturbation of the rumen ecosystem. We will develop molecular markers to detect and identify colonising microbial species. We will study candidate plant-derived effectors present in fresh forage and determine their actual impact on the colonisation process. This combination of in vitro and in vivo approaches will enable us to model plant-microbe interactions in the rumen and so highlight potentially beneficial plant traits with applications as plant breeding criteria.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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