Researchers Give No Credit: They Find Thousands of New Microbial Species in the Faeces of Different Herbivores

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On the Qinghai-Tíbet Plateau, a team of scientists have discovered a surprising ‘microbial universe’ in the feces of the large local herbivorous animals. The study, published in Microbiome, reveals that about 88% of the microbial species found in yak, Tibetan sheep, antelope, cattle, horse and kiang had not been catalogued before. This finding opens new opportunities for biotechnology, pharmacology and climate change mitigation. Massive discover…