Methane (CH₄) is a valuable fuel, constituting 70–95% of natural gas, and a potent
greenhouse gas. Release of CH₄ into the atmosphere contributes to climate change.
Biological CH₄ production or methanogenesis is mostly performed by methanogens, a
group of strictly anaerobic archaea. The direct substrates for methanogenesis are H₂
plus...
Dramatic increases in research in the area of microbial biofuel production coupled with
high-throughput data generation on bioenergy-related microbes has led to a deluge of
information in the scientific literature and in databases. Consolidating this information and
making it easily accessible requires a unified vocabulary. The Gene Ontology (GO) fulfills...