Snelling, Timothy J.Auffret, Marc D.Duthie, Carol-AnneStewart, Robert D.Watson, MickDewhurst, Richard J.Roehe, RainerWalker, Alan W.2019-11-212019-11-212019-11-19Snelling, T J, Auffret, M D, Duthie, C-A, Stewart, R D, Watson, M, Dewhurst, R J, Roehe, R & Walker, A W 2019, 'Temporal stability of the rumen microbiota in beef cattle, and response to diet and supplements', Animal Microbiome, vol. 1, no. 1, 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42523-019-0018-y2524-4671RIS: urn:40519C36F25DA9F0B7D94F8C1D9B980ARIS: Snelling2019ORCID: /0000-0001-5099-8495/work/79062831https://hdl.handle.net/2164/13289Acknowledgements Sampling of ruminal digesta was carried out at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) by Laura Nicoll, Lesley Deans and Claire Broadbent. Sequencing using Illumina MiSeq was carried out by Edinburgh Genomics, The University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Genomics is partly supported through core grants from NERC (R8/H10/56), MRC (MR/K001744/1) and BBSRC (BB/J004243/1). Data were processed using the Maxwell High Performance Computing Cluster of the University of Aberdeen IT Service (www.abdn.ac.uk/staffnet/research/hpc.php), provided by Dell Inc. and supported by Alces Software. Funding This work was funded by the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS) of the Scottish Government as a collaborative HEI project between The University of Aberdeen, The Roslin Institute, and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC). The funding body had no role in the design of the study or collection, analysis, or interpretation of data or in writing the manuscript.141425437engRumenmicrobiotaconcentrate dietforage dietnitrate supplementationoil supplementationtemporal stabilityR Medicine (General)Rural and Environmental Science and Analytical Services (RESAS)Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)R8/H10/56Medical Research Council (MRC)MR/K001744/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)BB/J004243/1Supplementary Datasupplementary data availableR1Journal article10.1186/s42523-019-0018-y11