Inhibition of Butyrate Oxidation by Formate during Methanogenesis.
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.
Bae
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Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305.
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