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Inhibition of Rumen Methanogenesis by Methane Analogues

^a Department of Bacteriology, University of California, Davis, California 95616

ABSTRACT

Extremely low concentrations of chloroform and carbon tetrachloride and somewhat larger concentrations of methylene chloride inhibited the formation of methane by the rumen microbiota in the presence or absence of added substrate. The accumulation of hydrogen at these low concentrations indicates a selective inhibition of methanogenesis. Presumably, these inhibitors affect one or more of the reactions by which methane is formed from hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

¹ Present address: National Center for Primate Biology, University of California, Davis 95616.

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