this project was done at a proof of concept stage towards an investigation into the feasibility of the use of archaeaphage therapy for the reduction or mitigation of Methane from domestic ruminants.
Rumen virome was recovered from the lamb metagenome co-assembly, following the viral sequence identification SOP v3 (DOI:dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bwm5pc86), with VirSorter2 v2.2.3 12 and Check
The rumen is an important complex ecosystem with microbes responsible for fermentation, nutrition and energy production in ruminants. A variety of viruses have been shown to exist in the rumen, of whi