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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2026

Shifts in ruminant fermentation during inhibition of methanogenesis are reflected in the isotope compositions of volatile fatty acids.

Elliott P Mueller, Rich Duong, John Eiler, Matthias Hess, Alex Sessions

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Elliott P MuellerDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6837-0409
Rich DuongCollege of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
John EilerDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
Matthias HessCollege of Agriculture and Environmental Science, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0321-0380
Alex SessionsDivision of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.

Funding

Linde Center, California Institute of Technology 25570006National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program DGE-1745301Resnick Sustainability Institute for Science, Energy and Sustainability, California Institute of Technology
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ruminant animals are a major source of the potent greenhouse gas methane, but they are also a tractable target for climate solutions. Several strategies have been developed to lower methane emissions from ruminants, including feed additives that inhibit methanogenic archaea. Sustainable solutions must eliminate methane emissions without hampering the microbial fermentation of plant material, which the animal host relies on for nutrients. However, current tools cannot directly quantify or characterize the metabolic pathways of

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Fatty Acids, VolatileFermentationMethaneRumenRuminantsAnimal FeedAnimalsArchaeaCattleFatty Acids, VolatileMethanemethaneOrbitrap MSruminantstable isotopesvolatile fatty acids

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PMID42212641
PMCPMC13274383

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