Rumen microbial degradation of bromoform from red seaweed (Asparagopsis taxiformis) and the impact on rumen fermentation and methanogenic archaea.

J Anim Sci Biotechnol

Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Profesor Albareda 1, Granada, 18008, Spain.

Published: November 2023

Background: The red macroalgae Asparagopsis is an effective methanogenesis inhibitor due to the presence of halogenated methane (CH) analogues, primarily bromoform (CHBr). This study aimed to investigate the degradation process of CHBr from A. taxiformis in the rumen and whether this process is diet-dependent. An in vitro batch culture system was used according to a 2 × 2 factorial design, assessing two A. taxiformis inclusion rates [0 (CTL) and 2% DM diet (AT)] and two diets [high-concentrate (HC) and high-forage diet (HF)]. Incubations lasted for 72 h and samples of headspace and fermentation liquid were taken at 0, 0.5, 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48 and 72 h to assess the pattern of degradation of CHBr into dibromomethane (CHBr) and fermentation parameters. Additionally, an in vitro experiment with pure cultures of seven methanogens strains (Methanobrevibacter smithii, Methanobrevibacter ruminantium, Methanosphaera stadtmanae, Methanosarcina barkeri, Methanobrevibacter millerae, Methanothermobacter wolfei and Methanobacterium mobile) was conducted to test the effects of increasing concentrations of CHBr (0.4, 2, 10 and 50 µmol/L).

Results: The addition of AT significantly decreased CH production (P = 0.002) and the acetate:propionate ratio (P = 0.003) during a 72-h incubation. The concentrations of CHBr showed a rapid decrease with nearly 90% degraded within the first 3 h of incubation. On the contrary, CHBr concentration quickly increased during the first 6 h and then gradually decreased towards the end of the incubation. Neither CHBr degradation nor CHBr synthesis were affected by the type of diet used as substrate, suggesting that the fermentation rate is not a driving factor involved in CHBr degradation. The in vitro culture of methanogens showed a dose-response effect of CHBr by inhibiting the growth of M. smithii, M. ruminantium, M. stadtmanae, M. barkeri, M. millerae, M. wolfei, and M. mobile.

Conclusions: The present work demonstrated that CHBr from A. taxiformis is quickly degraded to CHBr in the rumen and that the fermentation rate promoted by different diets is not a driving factor involved in CHBr degradation.

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