Fermentation of methanol in the sheep rumen.
Sheep fed a hay-concentrate diet were adapted to pectin administration and ruminal infusion of methanol. Both treatments resulted in a strong increase in the rate of methanogenesis from methanol. Quantitative data show that methanol was exclusively converted into methane. Treatments did not influence ruminal volatile fatty acid percentages.
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Department of Animal Nutrition, Veterinary Faculty, State University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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D000818:Animals; D019605:Euryarchaeota / Q000378:metabolism*; D005232:Fatty Acids, Volatile / Q000032:analysis; D005285:Fermentation; D008697:Methane / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000432:Methanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D010368:Pectins / Q000378:metabolism; D012417:Rumen / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*; D012756:Sheep / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology*
D005232:Fatty Acids, Volatile; D010368:Pectins; D008697:Methane; D000432:Methanol