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. 1969 Jun;98(3):1170–1172. doi: 10.1128/jb.98.3.1170-1172.1969

Methanogenic Fermentation of Benzoate

P M Nottingham a,1, R E Hungate a
PMCID: PMC315310  PMID: 5788702

Abstract

A methanogenic enrichment culture decomposed small concentrations of 14C-benzoate to 14C4 and 14CO2 under stringently anaerobic conditions with or without preceding exposure to benzoate.

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