This type of microecosystem can adjust rapidly to changes in the nutrition or health of the host animal (usually a ruminant such as cow, sheep, goat etc. ); see Hungate's "The Rumen and its microbes 1966).
This type of microecosystem is capable of adapting quickly to changes in the nutrition or health of the host animal, typically a ruminant such as a cow, sheep, or goat; as described by Hungate in his book "The Rumen and its Microbes" (1966).