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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.
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Contribution No. 1285-j, Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506. This work was supported in part by funds from the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506. Paper II of this series is Fina and Fiskin (1960)
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Fina, L.R., Bridges, R.L., Coblentz, T.H. et al. The anaerobic decomposition of benzoic acid during methane fermentation. Arch. Microbiol. 118, 169–172 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00415725
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