An overview of the role of rumen methanogens in methane emission and its reduction strategies | Zendy

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An overview of the role of rumen methanogens in methane emission and its reduction strategies

Author(s) -

Satyanagalakshmi Karri,

Goud Talla Sridhar,

Sunil Sirohi

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

african journal of biotechnology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1684-5315

DOI - 10.5897/ajb2014.14129

Subject(s) - methanogenesis , methane , methanogen , rumen , greenhouse gas , ruminant , methane emissions , population , environmental chemistry , biology , environmental science , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , food science , agronomy , ecology , fermentation , demography , sociology , crop

Methane is the most effective global warming greenhouse gas and methanogens are the key microbiota in methane emission. Emerging research focuses on ruminant methanogens due to their emission of methane globally; of which around 20% is from livestock. Enhanced techniques revealed the methangens diversity, adaptation in rumen, methanogenesis and their reduction strategies. Based on diet, geographical location, type of ruminant species, methanogen population shows vast diversity. Many strategies also interfere to reduce the methane emission worldwide such as dietary composition, vaccines, plant secondary metabolites, analogs and fungal secondary metabolites. This review gives a concise knowledge of methanogens’ interference in methane emission and research and development techniques used for reducing methane emission. Keywords: Methane, plant secondary metabolites, ruminants, ionophores, lovastatin.

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