rumen

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Steffan says any stressor that throws the external rumen out of whack could be “an indirect, but no less lethal” way of killing bees.

From Scientific American

Cows have a rumen — the first stop in their digestive tract — which produces prodigious amounts of methane.

From Nature

Cows and other ruminants such as goats and sheep have a special stomach called a rumen that houses millions of microbes.

From Science Magazine

There is one place that we have found and studied anaerobic fungi in detail, however: the rumen of cattle.

From Scientific American

The digestion of cellulose is accomplished in one of the chambers, through the action of microorganisms known as rumen bacteria.

From The New Yorker