GC: n
CT: Methanogenesis, or biomethanation, is a form of anaerobic respiration that uses carbon as the terminal electron acceptor, resulting in the production of methane. The carbon is sourced from a small number of low molecular weight organic compounds, such as carbon dioxide, acetic acid, formic acid (formate), methanol, methylamines, dimethyl sulfide, and methanethiol.
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N: 1. From methane (“inflammable colorless and odorless gas, marsh gas,” 1867, coined from chemical suffix -ane + syllable abstracted from methyl) + -genesis (Old English Genesis, first book of the Pentateuch, from Latin genesis, adopted as title of first book of Old Testament in Vulgate, from Greek genesis “origin, creation, generation,” from gignesthai “to be born,” related to genos “race, birth, descent”. As such, it translated Hebrew bereshith, literally “in the beginning,” which was the first word of the text, taken as its title. Extended sense of “origin, creation” first recorded in English c.1600).
2. Final step in the production of methane during which acetate, hydrogen and bicarbonate are converted to methane due to the activity of methanogens.
S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=genesis&searchmode=none (last access: 23 December 2014). 2. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 23 December 2014).
SYN: biomethanation
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