The Microbiome

Question 1

What is the microbiome?

Answer 1

The genetic material of all the microbes - bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses - that live, on and inside an animal.
Microbiome likely outnumbers host cells (especially ruminants)

NOT all bad!!

Question 2

Where and why do ruminants have huge microbiome

Answer 2

rumen filled with important bacteria to degrade cellulose

Question 3

List things that are classes as microbes in the rumen

Answer 3

1. BActeria
2. Archaea
3. Protozoa
4. Fungi
5. Viruses

Question 4

What is metagenomics

Answer 4

enables the study of all microorganisms, regardless of whether they can be cultured or not, through the analysis of genomic data

Question 5

What are microbiomics

Answer 5

a fast-growing field in which all the microorganisms of a given community are investigated together.

Question 6

How many techniques are used in microbiomics/ metagenomics?

Answer 6

Range of techniques: don’t need to know the exact methods

Question 7

NAme the approaches to microbiomics/ metagenomics

Answer 7

1. 16S profiling
2. MEtagenomics
3. Metatranscriptomics
4. Metaproteomics
5. Metametabolomics