title: Inhibition of Butyrate Oxidation by Formate during Methanogenesis.
abstract: A mixed methanogenic culture fed with glucose was perturbed with butyrate and formate to investigate the role of formate in the acetogenesis of butyrate. A free energy analysis suggests that formate rather than H(2) was the interspecies electron carrier for butyrate conversion into acetate for the culture studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: McCarty