Materials and Methods for Iron Capture and Greenhouse Gas Reduction
AssigneeLocus Solutions Ipco, LLC
InventorMaja MILOVANOVIC
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Abstract
The subject invention provides compositions and methods for reducing enteric methane in livestock animals' digestive systems and/or waste. In preferred embodiments, a composition comprising an iron-capturing ingredient is contacted with the livestock animal's digestive system and/or waste in order to, for example, limit iron availability to methanogenic microorganisms and thus reduce methanogenesis.
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A method for reducing methane produced in a livestock animal's digestive system and/or waste, wherein the method comprises contacting, with the livestock animal's digestive system and/or waste, a composition comprising an iron-capturing Bacillus spp. bacterium and/or an iron-capturing growth product thereof.
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A composition for reducing enteric methane in a livestock animal's digestives system, the composition comprising an iron-capturing Bacillus spp. bacterium and/or an iron-capturing growth by-product thereof, wherein the microorganism is Bacillus subtilis B4 NRRL B-68031 or Bacillus amyloliquefaciens NRRL B-67928.
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