hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis

traitmech:000127 · CLASS · PROPOSED

A methanogenesis in which carbon dioxide is reduced to methane using molecular hydrogen as the electron donor.

Trait evidence (1)

DOI:10.1146/annurev-micro-011720-122807
from CO2 and H2 to methane

Shima et al. support the H2/CO2 branch of archaeal methane production.

Provenance

Identifier source: TraitMech local identifier
Definition source: DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507

Parent traits (1)

Methanogenesis METPO:1000844

Synonyms (2)

hydrogenotrophic_methanogenesis RELATED_SYNONYM · DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507
methanogenesis_by_CO2_reduction_with_H2 RELATED_SYNONYM · DOI:10.1126/science.aaf4507

kg-microbe context

No kg-microbe node embedding matched this record in the 2026-04-25 deepwalk.

Curation history

2026-09-08T00:00:00Z · PROPOSED_FROM_RESEARCH · codex
Proposed a DOI-backed FAPROTAX metabolic capability from proposals/metpo_traitmech_v11 after repository-wide duplicate review.