Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Dairy Farming in Canada amidst Climate Change

S Neethirajan - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the Canadian dairy sector has faced escalating challenges due to its
significant contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, particularly methane. This paper …

Model organisms to study methanogenesis, a uniquely archaeal metabolism

KC Costa, WB Whitman - Journal of bacteriology, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Methanogenic archaea are the only organisms that produce CH4 as part of their energy-
generating metabolism. They are ubiquitous in oxidant-depleted, anoxic environments such …

Methylotrophic methanogens and bacteria synergistically demethylate dimethylarsenate in paddy soil and alleviate rice straighthead disease

C Chen, L Li, Y Wang, X Dong, FJ Zhao - The ISME Journal, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Microorganisms play a key role in arsenic (As) biogeochemistry, transforming As species
between inorganic and organic forms and different oxidation states. Microbial As methylation …

Microbial drivers of DMSO reduction and DMS-dependent methanogenesis in saltmarsh sediments

DA Tebbe, C Gruender, L Dlugosch, K Lõhmus… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Saltmarshes are highly productive environments, exhibiting high abundances of
organosulfur compounds. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is produced in large …

Multiple microbial guilds mediate soil methane cycling along a wetland salinity gradient

WH Hartman, CP Bueno de Mesquita, SM Theroux… - Msystems, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Estuarine wetlands harbor considerable carbon stocks, but rising sea levels could affect
their ability to sequester soil carbon as well as their potential to emit methane (CH4). While …

Methane in West Siberia terrestrial seeps: Origin, transport, and metabolic pathways of production

AF Sabrekov, IE Terentieva, GJ McDermid… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The expansive plains of West Siberia contain globally significant carbon stocks, with Earth's
most extensive peatland complex overlying the world's largest‐known hydrocarbon basin …

Evolving understanding of rumen methanogen ecophysiology

BH Khairunisa, C Heryakusuma, K Ike… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Production of methane by methanogenic archaea, or methanogens, in the rumen of
ruminants is a thermodynamic necessity for microbial conversion of feed to volatile fatty …

Disentangling the effects of sulfate and other seawater ions on microbial communities and greenhouse gas emissions in a coastal forested wetland

CP Bueno de Mesquita, WH Hartman… - ISME …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Seawater intrusion into freshwater wetlands causes changes in microbial communities and
biogeochemistry, but the exact mechanisms driving these changes remain unclear. Here we …

Recent Advances in Enteric Methane Mitigation and the Long Road to Sustainable Ruminant Production

S Roques, G Martinez-Fernandez… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Mitigation of methane emission, a potent greenhouse gas, is a worldwide priority to limit
global warming. A substantial part of anthropogenic methane is emitted by the livestock …

Microbial ecology and site characteristics underlie differences in salinity‐methane relationships in coastal wetlands

CP Bueno de Mesquita, WH Hartman… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas emitted by archaea in anaerobic environments
such as wetland soils. Tidal freshwater wetlands are predicted to become increasingly …