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Holistic View and Novel Perspective on Ruminal and Extra-gastrointestinal Methanogens in Cattle

Version 1 : Received: 24 October 2023 / Approved: 24 October 2023 / Online: 25 October 2023 (05:29:38 CEST)

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Aryee, G.; Luecke, S.M.; Dahlen, C.R.; Swanson, K.C.; Amat, S. Holistic View and Novel Perspective on Ruminal and Extra-Gastrointestinal Methanogens in Cattle. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 2746. Aryee, G.; Luecke, S.M.; Dahlen, C.R.; Swanson, K.C.; Amat, S. Holistic View and Novel Perspective on Ruminal and Extra-Gastrointestinal Methanogens in Cattle. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 2746.

Abstract

Despite the extensive research conducted on ruminal methanogens and anti-methanogenic intervention strategies over the last 50 years, most of the currently researched enteric CH4 abatement approaches have shown limited efficacy. This is largely because of the complex nature of animal production and the ruminal environment, host genetic variability of CH4 production, and an incomplete understanding of the role of the ruminal microbiome in enteric CH4 emissions. Recent sequencing-based studies suggest the presence of methanogenic archaea in extra-gastrointestinal tract tissues, including respiratory and reproductive tracts of cattle. While these sequencing data require further verification by culture-dependent methods, the consistent identification of methanogens with relatively greater frequency in the airway and urogenital tract of cattle plus increasing appreciation of the microbiome-gut-organ axis highlight the potential interactions between ruminal and extra-gastrointestinal methanogenic communities. Thus, a traditional singular focus on ruminal methanogens may not be sufficient, and a holistic approach which takes into consideration of the transfer of methanogens between ruminal, extra-gastrointestinal, and environmental microbial communities is of necessity to develop more efficient and long-term ruminal CH4 mitigation strategies. In the present review, we provide a holistic survey of the methanogenic archaea present in different anatomical sites of cattle and discuss potential seeding sources of the ruminal methanogens.

Keywords

Methanogens; enteric methane emission; cattle; microbiome; holistic; extra-intestinal microbial communities

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology

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