Compositional and functional dynamics of the bovine rumen methanogenic community across different developmental stages
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Methanogenic archaea in the bovine rumen are responsible for the reduction of carbon molecules to methane, using various electron donors and driving the electron flow across the microbial food webs. Thus, methanogens play a key role in sustaining rumen metabolism and function. Research of rumen methanogenic archaea typically focuses on their composition and function in mature animals, while studies of early colonization and functional establishment remain scarce. Here, we investigated the metabolic potential and taxonomic composition of the methanogenic communities across different rumen developmental stages. We discovered that the methanogenesis process changes with age and that the early methanogenic community is characterized by a high activity of methylotrophic methanogenesis, likely performed by members of the order Methanosarcinales, exclusively found in young rumen. In contrast, higher hydrogenotrophic activity was observed in the mature rumen, where a higher proportion of exclusively hydrogenotrophic taxa are found. These findings suggest that environmental filtering acts on the archaeal communities and select for different methanogenic lineages during different growth stages, affecting the functionality of this ecosystem. This study provides a better understanding of the compositional and metabolic changes that occur in the rumen microbiome from its initial stages of colonization and throughout the animals' life.
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Methylotrophic methanogens and their functionality are highly enriched in young ruminants whilst being less abundant and showing decreased functionality in mature animals.
“Recently, methylotrophic methanogens and their functionality were found to be highly enriched in young ruminants whilst being less abundant and showing decreased functionality in mature animals (Friedman et al., 2017).”
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- Authors
- Friedman, N., Jami, E., & Mizrahi, I.
- Affiliations
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
- Agricultural Research Organization (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Mizrahi, Itzhak
- Venue
- Environmental Microbiology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2017-08
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 3365-3373
- ISSN
- 1462-2912 (ISSN-L)
- 1462-2920
- PMC
- PMC6488025
- OpenAlex
- W2731570271
- Cited by
- 54
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 5
- FWCI
- 6.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Environmental Microbiology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Israel Science Foundation (No. 1313/13)
- European Research Council (grant agreement No 640384)
- Interstitial Cystitis Association (grant 713 02‐15‐08a)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Keywords
- bovine rumen, methanogenesis, rumen development, methylotrophic methanogenesis, hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis, Methanosarcinales, archaeal community composition, environmental filtering, rumen microbiome, methane production
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cattle, Hydrogen, Methane, Rumen, Methanosarcinales, Gastrointestinal Tract, Microbiota
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