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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Shi W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4158751 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Genome research 20140606 9
Ruminant livestock represent the single largest anthropogenic source of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which is generated by methanogenic archaea residing in ruminant digestive tracts. While differences between individual animals of the same breed in the amount of methane produced have been observed, the basis for this variation remains to be elucidated. To explore the mechanistic basis of this methane production, we measured methane yields from 22 sheep, which revealed that methane yields a ...[more]