The anaerobic decomposition of benzoic acid during methane fermentation. III. The fate of carbon four and the identification of propanoic acid.
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.
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
D001565:Benzoates; D011422:Propionates; D012722:Sewage; D008697:Methane