obsolete formaldehyde assimilation via xylulose monophosphate cycle (obsolete GO:0019648)
formaldehyde assimilation via xylulose-5-phosphate cycle
exact
formaldehyde fixation cycle
exact
OBSOLETE. The pathway in which formaldehyde is used as a carbon source in the xylulose monophosphate cycle. Methylotrophic yeasts, but not bacteria, utilize the xylulose monophosphate cycle to fix formaldehyde and convert it into metabolically useful organic compounds.