methanogenn.
/mᵻˈθanədʒ(ə)n/, U.S. /məˈθænədʒ(ə)n/, /məˈθænəˌdʒɛn/ Biology.
A methanogenic organism; spec. any of the group of methane-producing archaebacteria that are found in anaerobic environments and in the guts of animals, esp. ruminants and arthropods.
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1976 Appl. & Environmental Microbiol. 31 99 Hydrogen oxidizers were the major nutritional type of sediment methanogens.
1977 Bacteriol. Rev. 41 541/1 My purpose here is both to describe certain features of methanogens..and to review the biology of this group.
1977 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Nov. 6/3 We might never have made the acquaintance of archaebacteria or methanogens, which evolved 3.5 to 4 billion years ago.
1984 Science 9 Mar. 1021/3 Several taxonomically identified species of methanogens have now been isolated and studied in pure culture.
1989 BioFactors 2 117/1 Most methylotrophic methanogens contain sarcinapterin.
1997 D. Goldsmith Hunt for Life on Mars 144 The organisms made methane out of them, just as the same sort of methanogens do today.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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