methanogenic archaeon ISO4-H5 isolate:ISO4-H5 Genome sequencing and assembly. methanogenic archaeon ISO4-H5 isolate:ISO4-H5

Methane emissions from agriculture represent around 9% of anthropogenic greenhouse emissions. The single largest source of this methane is animal enteric fermentation, predominantly from ruminant livestock where it is produced mainly in their fermentative forestomach (or reticulo-rumen) by a group of archaea known as methanogens. In order to reduce methane emissions from ruminants, it is necessary to understand the role of methanogenic archaea in the rumen, and to identify their distinguishing characteristics that can be used to develop methane mitigation technologies. To gain insight into the role of methylotrophic methanogens in the rumen environment, the genome of a methanogenic archaeon, strain ISO4-H5, which was isolated from the ovine rumen and belonging to the order Methanomassiliicoccales, has been sequenced and from ovine rumen.