01693nam a22002417a 4500 20231116172249.0 231019b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0002-7685 574 Noe A. Gomez Using Ruminant Livestock as a Post-Secondary Model to Introduce Microbial Ecology and Systems Biology (Journal Article) Warrenton, Virginia, United States :National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) September 2023 402–404..p American Biology Teacher ,Volume 85, Issue 7 ***______{For Hard Copy, Please visit Library.}________*** Abstract- Ruminant animals serve as an excellent platform for post-secondary biological science instructors to teach microbial ecology and systems biology. Instructors can extrapolate the dynamic interactions that microorganisms play in modifying the diet of a ruminant animal. This symbiosis can be used to teach how ruminants can thrive on low-quality feed yet produce high-quality substances such as meat and milk. Instructors can require students to create graphical models that represent these dynamics, through the lens of systems biology. Altogether, instructors should consider teaching microbiology in their introductory biological science courses through the lens of ruminant production; especially, since we live in a time when vast population interest revolves around the origins of our food. ruminant livestock, microbial ecology, applied microbiology, systems biology https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2023.85.7.402 PER 0 0 0 0 RIEBPL RIEBPL 2023-11-16 0 574 2023-11-16 00:00:00 2023-11-16 PER 44907 44906