AmiGO 2: Term Details for "methanogenesis" (GO:0015948)

Accession: GO:0015948
Name: methanogenesis
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: methane biosynthesis, methane biosynthetic process
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of methane, a colorless, odorless, flammable gas with the formula CH4. It is the simplest of the alkanes. Source: GOC:ai
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0015948 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: goslim_metagenomics; goslim_pir
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to methanogenesis (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to methanogenesis (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for methanogenesis (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
methanogenesis	RO:0004008	methane (CHEBI:16183)
methanogenesis	is_a	energy derivation by oxidation of reduced inorganic compounds (GO:0015975)
methanogenesis	is_a	methane metabolic process (GO:0015947)
methanogenesis	is_a	anaerobic respiration (GO:0009061)
methanogenesis	is_a	alkane biosynthetic process (GO:0043447)

subject	relation	object
methane biosynthetic process from 3-(methylthio)propionic acid (GO:2001132)	is_a	methanogenesis
methanogenesis, from carbon dioxide (GO:0019386)	is_a	methanogenesis
methanogenesis, from acetate (GO:0019385)	is_a	methanogenesis
methane biosynthetic process from dimethylamine (GO:2001129)	is_a	methanogenesis
methane biosynthetic process from methylamine (GO:2001128)	is_a	methanogenesis
methanogenesis, from methanol (GO:0019387)	is_a	methanogenesis
methane biosynthetic process from formic acid (GO:2001127)	is_a	methanogenesis
methane biosynthetic process from trimethylamine (GO:2001130)	is_a	methanogenesis
methane biosynthetic process from methanethiol (GO:2001133)	is_a	methanogenesis
methane biosynthetic process from dimethyl sulfide (GO:2001131)	is_a	methanogenesis
methane biosynthetic process from carbon monoxide (GO:2001134)	is_a	methanogenesis