Project Details
Description
Project investigating the molecular effects of ruminant gut fungi activity on animal feed during its digestion, and exploring changes in gut fungal community composition or abundance to increase speed or completeness of digestion. In vitro cultivations of gut fungi with animal feeds as grass silage will be performed, following time-points along the life cycle of the gut fungi. Feed material will be analysed using a combination of standard dietary fibre analysis and carbohydrate epitope detection, the last of which will be enabled by a AKTA chromatography system obtained for this project.
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 1/03/21 → 31/12/22 |
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- fungi
- plant cell walls
- lignocellulose
- animal feed
- roughage
- glycoprofiling
- microbiology
- microbiome
- rumen
- anaerobe
- fibre analysis
Fingerprint
Explore the research topics touched on by this project. These labels are generated based on the underlying awards/grants. Together they form a unique fingerprint.