Short communication: Oral microbiome as a potential proxy for grazing livestock methane emissions
Chian Teng Ong, Tony Cavallaro, Yuhao Li, Alan Boulton, Basil S. Firewski, Marloes Dekker Nitert, Kieren D. McCosker, Sam Clark, Scott Cullen, Melissah Dayman, Milou Helene Dekkers, Paul Gangemi, Kerry Goodwin, Tim Grant, Rachelle Hergenhan, , Elizabeth M. Ross
This study investigates whether oral microbiome profiles can serve as a non-invasive proxy for estimating methane emissions in grazing cattle, finding that microbial function explains a meaningful proportion of methane variation.
bioRxiv · Mar 28, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology