FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term methane metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0015947 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving methane, a colorless, odorless, flammable gas with the formula CH4. It is the simplest of the alkanes.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "methane metabolism"
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  metabolic process
   |__hydrocarbon metabolic process
       |__methane metabolic process
           |__methane catabolic process
           |__methanogenesis
               |__methane biosynthetic process from 3-(methylthio)propionic acid(+)
               |__methane biosynthetic process from carbon monoxide(+)
               |__methane biosynthetic process from dimethyl sulfide(+)
               |__methane biosynthetic process from dimethylamine(+)
               |__methane biosynthetic process from formic acid(+)
               |__methane biosynthetic process from methanethiol(+)
               |__methane biosynthetic process from methylamine(+)
               |__methane biosynthetic process from trimethylamine(+)
               |__methanogenesis, from acetate
               |__methanogenesis, from carbon dioxide
               |__methanogenesis, from methanol(+)
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