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| Title |
The Genome Sequence of the Rumen Methanogen Methanobrevibacter ruminantium Reveals New Possibilities for Controlling Ruminant Methane Emissions
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, January 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0008926 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sinead C. Leahy, William J. Kelly, Eric Altermann, Ron S. Ronimus, Carl J. Yeoman, Diana M. Pacheco, Dong Li, Zhanhao Kong, Sharla McTavish, Carrie Sang, Suzanne C. Lambie, Peter H. Janssen, Debjit Dey, Graeme T. Attwood |
| Abstract |
Methane (CH(4)) is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG), having a global warming potential 21 times that of carbon dioxide (CO(2)). Methane emissions from agriculture represent around 40% of the emissions produced by human-related activities, the single largest source being enteric fermentation, mainly in ruminant livestock. Technologies to reduce these emissions are lacking. Ruminant methane is formed by the action of methanogenic archaea typified by Methanobrevibacter ruminantium, which is present in ruminants fed a wide variety of diets worldwide. To gain more insight into the lifestyle of a rumen methanogen, and to identify genes and proteins that can be targeted to reduce methane production, we have sequenced the 2.93 Mb genome of M. ruminantium M1, the first rumen methanogen genome to be completed. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 2 | 50% |
| Austria | 1 | 25% |
| Norway | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
| Scientists | 2 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 397 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Slovakia | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 1% |
| Unknown | 378 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 69 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 68 | 17% |
| Researcher | 62 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 48 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 20 | 5% |
| Other | 58 | 15% |
| Unknown | 72 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 180 | 45% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 50 | 13% |
| Environmental Science | 19 | 5% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 11 | 3% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 11 | 3% |
| Other | 41 | 10% |
| Unknown | 85 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 23. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 March 2024.
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#1,609,102
of 24,989,834 outputs
Outputs from PLOS ONE
#20,055
of 216,606 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#7,313
of 174,984 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#90
of 655 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,989,834 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 93rd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 216,606 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 15.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 90% of its peers.
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