The rumen microbiome inhibits methane formation through dietary choline supplementation

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 21761 - 15
• Main Authors: Li, Yang, Kreuzer, Michael, Clayssen, Quentin, Ebert, Marc-Olivier, Ruscheweyh, Hans-Joachim, Sunagawa, Shinichi, Kunz, Carmen, Attwood, Graeme, Amelchanka, Sergej, Terranova, Melissa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 05.11.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/114; 631/158; 631/326; 631/337; Amino acids; Ammonia; Animals; Anthropogenic factors; Bicarbonates; Cattle; Choline; Choline - administration & dosage; Deamination; Dietary Supplements; Emissions; Ethanol; Ethanolamine; Feed additives; Feed conversion; Feed efficiency; Fermentation; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hydrogen; Lactic acid; Lipotropic Agents - administration & dosage; Metabolomics; Methane; Methane - biosynthesis; Microbiomes; multidisciplinary; Organic matter; Rumen; Rumen - microbiology; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)

Enteric fermentation from ruminants is a primary source of anthropogenic methane emission. This study aims to add another approach for methane mitigation by manipulation of the rumen microbiome. Effects of choline supplementation on methane formation were quantified in vitro using the Rumen Simulati...