| Title: |
Metagenomic analysis of the rumen microbial community following inhibition of methane formation by a halogenated methane analog. |
| Authors: |
Denman, Stuart E., Fernandez, Gonzalo Martinez, Takumi Shinkai, MakotoMitsumori, McSweeney, Christopher S., Forster, Robert John, Anderson, Robin |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Microbiology; Oct2015, Vol. 6, p1-12, 12p |
| Subject Terms: |
RUMEN microbiology, METAGENOMICS, METHANE |
| Abstract: |
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 an increase in the population of H2-consuming Prevotella and Selenomonas spp. Metagenomic analysis of propionate production pathways was dominated by genomic content from these species. Reductive acetogenic marker gene libraries and metagenomics analysis indicate that reductive acetogenic species do not play a major role in the BCM treated rumen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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