short-chain fatty acid biosynthetic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0051790

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a fatty acid with an aliphatic tail of less than 6 carbons. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid_metabolism ]

Synonyms: short-chain fatty acid formation, short chain fatty acid biosynthetic process, short-chain fatty acid biosynthesis, short-chain fatty acid anabolism, short-chain fatty acid synthesis, short chain fatty acid biosynthesis

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biological_process

GO:0051790

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Equivalent to:

biosynthetic process and has primary output some short-chain fatty acid anion

Subclass of:

fatty acid biosynthetic process
short-chain fatty acid metabolic process
has primary output some short-chain fatty acid anion