ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2023
Evolving understanding of rumen methanogen ecophysiology.
Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Rumen Microbiota, Predicted Metabolic Pathways, and Fermentation Parameters Exhibit Production-System-Specific Associations in Cattle and Goats.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Nitro- and nitrooxy-organic inhibitors of methanogenesis: revealing knowledge gaps and alternate ways in bovine rumen microbiome metabolism.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Enteric methane emissions and mitigation strategies within pasture-based dairy systems.JDS communications · 2026Article
- Nutritional Strategies for Methane, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Mitigation in Ruminants: Mechanisms, Applications, and Regional Adaptations.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Comprehensive profiling of insertion sequences and eukaryotic-like transposons across archaeal genomes.BMC genomics · 2026Article
- Effects of FermentedAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Comparative pangenome analysis of methanogenic archaea from diverse ecosystems reveals potential targets for methane mitigation in rumen microbiome.Journal of animal science and technology · 2026Article
- Biophotocatalytic and bioelectrocatalytic strategies for methane production and oxidation: emerging pathways and perspectives.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
- Effects of coenzyme M and methyl-coenzyme M on the efficacy of inhibitors of methanogenesis in rumen cultures.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Rumen Microbial Composition and Fermentation Variables Associated with Methane Production in Italian Simmental Dairy Cows.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Exploring the link between ruminal methane production and physiological changes in Japanese Black cattle during fattening.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Biowaste-grown live microbial feed additive sustainably and significantly cut enteric methane emissions in Indian livestock.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- A fixed methane filter maximizes freshwater emissions under warming.Nature climate change · 2026Article
- Characterization of the effects of nitrate and tungstate, alone or combined, andFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Bubble-mediated hydrogen degassing in the rumen: a theoretical hypothesis with potential implications for methane mitigation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- OmniCorr: an R-package for visualizing putative host-microbiome interactions using multi-omics data.Bioinformatics advances · 2026Article
- Lyophilized rumen fluid from goats fed different roughage-based diets: fermentation characteristics, microbial communities, and post-reconstitutionFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Spatial Multi-Omics Analysis of the Qianqiu Goat Gut Microbiome and Metabolome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Production of methane by methanogenic archaea, or methanogens, in the rumen of ruminants is a thermodynamic necessity for microbial conversion of feed to volatile fatty acids, which are essential nutrients for the animals. On the other hand, methane is a greenhouse gas and its production causes energy loss for the animal. Accordingly, there are ongoing efforts toward developing effective strategies for mitigating methane emissions from ruminant livestock that require a detailed understanding of the diversity and ecophysiology of rumen methanogens. Rumen methanogens evolved from free-living autotrophic ancestors through genome streamlining involving gene loss and acquisition. The process yielded an oligotrophic lifestyle, and metabolically efficient and ecologically adapted descendants. This specialization poses serious challenges to the efforts of obtaining axenic cultures of rumen methanogens, and consequently, the information on their physiological properties remains in most part inferred from those of their non-rumen representatives. This review presents the current knowledge of rumen methanogens and their metabolic contributions to enteric methane production. It also identifies the respective critical gaps that need to be filled for aiding the efforts to mitigate methane emission from livestock operations and at the same time increasing the productivity in this critical agriculture sector.
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