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methanogenic, a. Biol.|ˌmɛθənəʊ-, mɪˌθænəʊˈdʒɛnɪk|
[f. methane n. + -o1 + -genic.]
Producing methane; of, pertaining to, or involving methanogenesis; spec. designating organisms, esp. archaebacteria, which reduce carbon dioxide to methane.
1968Jrnl. Bacteriol. XCVI. 2178/1 Occurrence of methane in gas from the human intestine is evidence that methanogenic organisms grow in the human alimentary tract. 1976Appl. Environmental Microbiol. XXXI. 99/1 Methanogenic activity in its sediments was first reported in 1932. 1982M. J. Dring Biol. Marine Plants (1986) ix. 175 Therefore, anaerobic methanogenic bacteria replace those dependent on sulphate, and methane becomes the dominant product of decomposition in old, deep sediments. |