How to Use rumen in a Sentence
rumen
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And this rumen is like a little ecosystem — just like studying deep-sea sediments.
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Julia Rosen,
latimes.com,
2019-06-18
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Cows and other ruminants such as goats and sheep have a special stomach called a rumen that houses millions of microbes.
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Elizabeth Pennisi,
Science | AAAS,
2019-07-03
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The pollution problem is that fermentation of cellulose in rumens emits prodigious quantities of methane gas.
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Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
2019-11-17
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The rumen is the first of four compartments found in a ruminant’s stomach, where grass is partially digested via fermentation before passing through the rest.
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National Geographic,
2019-07-03
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