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Overview

Christopher S. McSweeney is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular emphasis on Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Forestry, and Plant Science.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Pasture and Agricultural Systems
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research

McSweeney has contributed to numerous publications with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • Animal Production Science
  • Microorganisms
  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • Journal of Applied Microbiology

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Characterization and survey in cattle of a rumen Pyrimadobacter sp. which degrades the plant toxin fluoroacetate" (2020) published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • "Changes in rumen microbial community composition in yak in response to seasonal variations" (2021) published in Journal of Applied Microbiology
  • "Seasonal and Nutrient Supplement Responses in Rumen Microbiota Structure and Metabolites of Tropical Rangeland Cattle" (2020) published in Microorganisms
  • "The community structure and microbial linkage of rumen protozoa and methanogens in response to the addition of tea seed saponins in the diet of beef cattle" (2020) published in Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
  • "Detection of changes in regional colonic fermentation in response to supplementing a low FODMAP diet with dietary fibres by hydrogen concentrations, but not by luminal pH" (2023) published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Stuart E. Denman
  • G. Martínez
  • Jagadish Padmanabha
  • E. Charmley
  • Jinzhen Jiao

Best Publications

  • Rumen microbial community composition varies with diet and host, but a core microbiome is found across a wide geographical range

    Gemma Henderson;Faith Cox;Siva Ganesh;Arjan Jonker

  • Mucolytic bacteria with increased prevalence in IBD mucosa augment in vitro utilization of mucin by other bacteria.

    Chin Wen Png;Sara K Lindén;Kristen S Gilshenan;Erwin G Zoetendal

  • Microbial interactions with tannins: nutritional consequences for ruminants

    C.S McSweeney;B Palmer;D.M McNeill;D.O Krause

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • Development of a real-time PCR assay for monitoring anaerobic fungal and cellulolytic bacterial populations within the rumen.

    Stuart E. Denman;Christopher S. McSweeney

  • Opportunities to improve fiber degradation in the rumen: microbiology, ecology, and genomics

    Denis O Krause;Denis O Krause;Stuart E Denman;Roderick I Mackie;Mark Morrison

  • Cultivation and sequencing of rumen microbiome members from the Hungate1000 Collection

    Rekha Seshadri;Sinead C Leahy;Graeme T Attwood;Koon Hoong Teh

  • Quantitation and diversity analysis of ruminal methanogenic populations in response to the antimethanogenic compound bromochloromethane.

    Stuart E. Denman;Nigel W. Tomkins;Christopher S. McSweeney

  • Dysbiosis of fecal microbiota in Crohn's disease patients as revealed by a custom phylogenetic microarray.

    Seungha Kang;Stuart E. Denman;Mark Morrison;Mark Morrison;Zhongtang Yu

  • A human pilot trial of ingestible electronic capsules capable of sensing different gases in the gut

    Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh;Kyle J. Berean;Nam Ha;Adam F. Chrimes

  • Synergistes jonesii, gen. nov., sp.nov.: A Rumen Bacterium That Degrades Toxic Pyridinediols

    Milton J. Allison;Wiliam R. Mayberry;Christopher S. Mcsweeney;David A. Stahl

  • Highlighting new phylogenetic specificities of Crohn's disease microbiota.

    Stanislas Mondot;S. Kang;J-Pierre Furet;D. Aguirre de Carcer

  • Effect of tea saponin on methanogenesis, microbial community structure and expression of mcrA gene, in cultures of rumen micro-organisms.

    Y.Q. Guo;J.-X. Liu;Y. Lu;W.Y. Zhu

  • Adaptation to herbivory by the Tammar wallaby includes bacterial and glycoside hydrolase profiles different from other herbivores

    P. B. Pope;S. E. Denman;M. Jones;S. G. Tringe

  • Effect of the tropical forage calliandra on microbial protein synthesis and ecology in the rumen.

    C.S. McSweeney;B. Palmer;R. Bunch;D.O. Krause

  • Isolation of Succinivibrionaceae Implicated in Low Methane Emissions from Tammar Wallabies

    P. B. Pope;P. B. Pope;W. Smith;S. E. Denman;S. G. Tringe

  • The effect of crosslinking temperature on the permeability of PDMS membranes: Evidence of extraordinary CO2 and CH4 gas permeation

    Kyle Berean;Jian Zhen Ou;Majid Nour;Kay Latham

  • Mechanisms of Microbial Hydrogen Disposal in the Human Colon and Implications for Health and Disease

    Noriko Nakamura;Henry C. Lin;Christopher S. McSweeney;Roderick I. Mackie

  • Quantitative (real-time) PCR

    Stuart E. Denman;Christopher S. McSweeney

  • Methods in gut microbial ecology for ruminants

    Harinder P. S. Makkar;Christopher S. McSweeney

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Morrison
Mark Morrison University of Queensland
Denis Krausé
Denis Krausé University of Manitoba
Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh
Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh University of Sydney
Michael A. Kamm
Michael A. Kamm University of Melbourne
Roderick I. Mackie
Roderick I. Mackie University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
André-Denis G. Wright
André-Denis G. Wright University of Arizona
Jian Zhen Ou
Jian Zhen Ou RMIT University
Brian P. Dalrymple
Brian P. Dalrymple University of Western Australia
Ian J. Lean
Ian J. Lean University of Sydney
David L. Topping
David L. Topping Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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