Category:GO:0015980 ! energy derivation by oxidation of organic compounds

name: energy derivation by oxidation of organic compounds
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways by which a cell derives energy from organic compounds; results in the oxidation of the compounds from which energy is released." [GOC:mah]
subset: gosubset_prok
synonym: "chemoorganotrophy" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006091 ! generation of precursor metabolites and energy
is_a: GO:0055114 ! oxidation-reduction process

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has the following 3 child terms, out of 3 total.

• [+] GO:0006112 ! energy reserve metabolic process (1)
• [+] GO:0006113 ! fermentation (11)
• [+] GO:0045333 ! cellular respiration (4)