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. 1975 Oct;30(4):707–709. doi: 10.1128/am.30.4.707-709.1975

Inhibition of Methanogenesis in Marine Sediments by Acetylene and Ethylene: Validity of the Acetylene Reduction Assay for Anaerobic Microcosms

Ronald S Oremland 1, Barrie F Taylor 1
PMCID: PMC187254  PMID: 1190767

Abstract

Methanogenesis was irreversibly inhibited in sediments by concentrations of acetylene employed in nitrogen fixation assays (1 to 20%, vol/vol). Ethylene, but not ethane, also stopped methane production, and the inhibition was reversed by gassing with hydrogen.

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