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This gas is solely produced by an archaeal subpopulation of the human microbiome. Increased methane production has been associated with abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, IBD, CRC or other conditions. Twenty percent of the (healthy) Western populations innately exhale substantially higher amounts (&gt;5 ppm) of this gas. The underlying principle for differential methane emission and its effect on human health is not sufficiently understood.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We assessed the breath methane content,\u00a0the gastrointestinal microbiome,\u00a0its function\u00a0and metabolome, and dietary intake of one-hundred healthy young adults (female:<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 52, male:<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 48; mean age =24.1). On the basis of the amount of methane emitted, participants were grouped into high methane emitters (CH<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>breath content 5\u201375 ppm) and low emitters (CH<jats:sub>4<\/jats:sub>&lt; 5 ppm).<\/jats:p><jats:p>The microbiomes of high methane emitters were characterized by a 1000-fold increase in<jats:italic>Methanobrevibacter smithii<\/jats:italic>. This archaeon co-occurred with a bacterial community specialized on dietary fibre degradation, which included members of Ruminococcaceae and Christensenellaceae. As confirmed by metagenomics and metabolomics, the biology of high methane producers was further characterized by increased formate and acetate levels in the gut. 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