New insights into the enteric methane production based on the archaeal genome atlas of ruminant gastrointestinal tract
A unified genome atlas of ruminant GIT archaea is constructed in the study. Our analyses revealed the advantages of metatranscriptomics over metagenomics in studying rumen archaeal communities and further demonstrated that the multifaceted functions of ruminant archaea remain undiscovered. Differences in rumen archaeal community structure among cattle with different CH<sub>4</sub> production profiles may reflect the balance between rumen hydrogen production and methanogenesis. Our work provides a new resource for interrogating archaeal functions in the ruminant GIT and potential targets for future CH<sub>4</sub> reduction.
Authors
- Minghui Jia
- Hui‐Zeng Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5380-6030)
- Yifan Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8641-6319)
- Jianxin Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5812-5186)
- Xiaohan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1154-8122)
- Senlin Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8975-6792)
Institutions
- Ministry of Education (NZ)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Advanced Research
- Published
- 2024-10-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2024.09.016
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Gut microbiota and health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.70
Funders
- International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Zhejiang University
- National Key Research and Development Program of China