title: The anaerobic decomposition of benzoic acid during methane fermentation. III. The fate of carbon four and the identification of propanoic acid.
abstract: Anaerobic rupture of the benzoic acid ring was investigated. Carbon 4 was converted primarily to carbon dioxide. Following ring rupture during methane fermentation, propanoic acid is an intermediate, and carbon 4 of benzoate becomes its carboxyl.
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001565:Benzoates / Q000378:metabolism*; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D019605:Euryarchaeota / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D008697:Methane / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011422:Propionates / Q000378:metabolism*; D012722:Sewage; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D001565:Benzoates; D011422:Propionates; D012722:Sewage; D008697:Methane