Gao Huan, Yu Ye, Lv Yaqi, Wang Deao, Li Haonan, Li Zhe, Zhang Yuchen, Chen Lan, Leng Jing
Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science of Yunnan Province, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.
Faculty of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China.
Microorganisms. 2023 Apr 22;11(5):1098. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11051098.
As a semi-wild breed, Gayals have a strong fiber degradation capacity, which is unique to the microbial structure and function of their rumen. In this study, the unique rumen microbial composition and function of Gayals were investigated by metagenomic sequencing, with the Yunnan yellow cattle as the control. We compared the differences in rumen micro-organisms between Gayals and the Yunnan Yellow cattle, and the results showed that there were differences in bacteria, archaea and fungi between Gayals and the Yunnan Yellow cattle, while no significant abundance changes were observed in the protozoa. In addition, the ratio of Firmicutes to Bacteroidetes (1.06) in Gayals was higher than that of the Yunnan Yellow cattle (0.66). Three enzymes (PTA, ACH and FTHFS) related to the acetate production pathway and five enzymes (BHBD, THL, PTB, BK and BCACT) involved in butyric acid production were annotated in this study. The CAZymes search results showed that the abundance of GH5, GH26, GH94, CBM11 and CBM63 in Gayals was higher than in the Yunnan Yellow cattle ( < 0.05). Furthermore, this research constructed a model of rumen micro-organisms degrading fibers according to the characteristics and differences in the rumen microbiota structures and functions of the two breeds. This study expands our knowledge of the rumen microbiota and the mechanisms of fiber degradation in Gayals.
作为半野生品种,大额牛具有很强的纤维降解能力,这与其瘤胃的微生物结构和功能有关。在本研究中,以云南黄牛作为对照,通过宏基因组测序研究了大额牛独特的瘤胃微生物组成和功能。我们比较了大额牛和云南黄牛瘤胃微生物的差异,结果表明,大额牛和云南黄牛在细菌、古菌和真菌方面存在差异,而原生动物的丰度没有显著变化。此外,大额牛中厚壁菌门与拟杆菌门的比例(1.06)高于云南黄牛(0.66)。本研究注释了与乙酸生成途径相关的三种酶(PTA、ACH和FTHFS)以及参与丁酸生成的五种酶(BHBD、THL、PTB、BK和BCACT)。碳水化合物活性酶搜索结果表明,大额牛中GH5、GH26、GH94、CBM11和CBM63的丰度高于云南黄牛(<0.05)。此外,本研究根据两个品种瘤胃微生物群结构和功能的特点及差异,构建了瘤胃微生物降解纤维的模型。本研究扩展了我们对大额牛瘤胃微生物群和纤维降解机制的认识。