Bovine rumen microbial and viral metagenomes - Raw sequence reads. bovine gut metagenome

We analyzed the microbial and viral enrichments from total rumen contents of five fistulated steers rotated through four contrasting diets. Steers were on a given diet for 21 days before moving to the next diet. Microbial metagenomes and viral concentrates were sequenced on Ion Torrent and Illumina MiSeq platforms to analyze the dietary components driving microbial and viral community structure and function in the rumen. Differences were assessed mainly in terms of shared genomic content as well as enrichments of metabolic genes under low and high nutrient/fiber conditions. A primary goal of the study was to elicit the ecological drivers of rumen viral communities and how the enrichment of viral auxiliary metabolism genes may aid in microbial adaptation under different dietary conditions.