We request permission to use two methanogen strains in commercial projects for clients outside the areas of developing a small molecule inhibitor or a methane vaccine. The research appears to be broadly in the area of methane inhibition. AgResearch will be testing preparations supplied by a client for their impacts on these methanogen strains. The two methanogen strains are Methanosphaera sp. A4 and Methanosphaera sp. ISO3-F5. Both were isolated as part of research funded by PGgRc. We will not be distributing these isolates to the client. We will use them in experiments performed at AgResearch, and only provide the client with the results of the experiments and the names of the isolates used. More details are provided in the attached document.