Metagenomic analysis of the rumen microbial community following inhibition of methane formation by a halogenated methane analog.
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SUBMITTER: Denman SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4602129 | biostudies-literature | 2015
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Metagenomic analysis of the rumen microbial community following inhibition of methane formation by a halogenated methane analog.
Denman Stuart E SE Martinez Fernandez Gonzalo G Shinkai Takumi T Mitsumori Makoto M McSweeney Christopher S CS
Frontiers in microbiology 20151013
Japanese goats fed a diet of 50% Timothy grass and 50% concentrate with increasing levels of the anti-methanogenic compound, bromochloromethane (BCM) were investigated with respect to the microbial population and functional shifts in the rumen. Microbial ecology methods identified species that exhibited positive and negative responses to the increasing levels of BCM. The methane-inhibited rumen appeared to adapt to the higher H2 levels by shifting fermentation to propionate which was mediated by ...[more]
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