Hungate 1000

The Hungate 1000 project aims to produce a reference set of rumen microbial genome sequences from cultivated rumen bacteria and methanogenic archaea, together with representative cultures of rumen anaerobic fungi and ciliate protozoa.

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Global Rumen Census

Rumen microbes play an important part in the nutrition and health status of ruminants, as well as in the production of the greenhouse gas methane.  This project aims to survey the diversity of microbes present in rumen samples obtained from a range of locations and farming situations covering a wide range of ruminant species, breeds, feeds and locations.

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RuminOmics

RuminOmics aims to connect the animal genome, gastrointestinal microbiomes and nutrition to improve digestion efficiency and the environmental impacts of ruminant livestock production. Ruminant livestock make a significant contribution to GHG emissions, although there is much uncertainly in current predictions.  Enteric emissions and respiration in the form of methane together with losses from manures and those associated with land use changes comprise the majority of livestock related GHG.  Technologies that increase rumen efficiency and lower methane emissions form a vital mitigation strategy to reduce global warming impacts.

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SMEthane

SMEthane aims to provide a technology platform for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to develop the successful use of nutritional additives to reduce CH₄ emissions from ruminants. The platform has been established to allow SMEs to determine the means of delivery of such compounds in the diet, knowledge of the dose response curve for such compounds under different production systems, the persistence of the inhibitory effect of such compounds on CH₄ production over long periods of time and the potential ‘side effects' such as flavour changes in the final animal product.

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