About the Authors

Philip P. Laric

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, LMU Munich, Germany

Armina Mortazavi

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Science, LMU Munich, Germany, Faculty of Physics and Center for NanoScience, LMU Munich, Germany

Ewa Węgrzyn

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Institute for Chemical Epigenetics (ICEM), LMU Munich, Germany

Kathrin Simon

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, LMU Munich, Germany

Pauline S. Rittel

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Science, LMU Munich, Germany, Clinic for Ruminants with Outpatient Clinic and Herd Management, Center for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, LMU Munich, Oberschleißheim, Germany

Florian M. Trefz

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision

Affiliation Clinic for Ruminants with Outpatient Clinic and Herd Management, Center for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, LMU Munich, Oberschleißheim, Germany

Benedikt Sabass

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

benedikt.sabass@tu-dortmund.de

Affiliations Department of Physics, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany, Department of Veterinary Science, LMU Munich, Germany, Faculty of Physics and Center for NanoScience, LMU Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

We have read the journal’s policy, and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The authors PL and BS are inventors on patent [AJ2811 PCT, Methods and compositions for reducing gas emission, and/or methane emission, and/or improving feed utilization of ruminants, European Patent Office, The Hague] related to the reduction of methane emission in ruminants. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.