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Production of ethane, ethylene, and acetylene from halogenated hydrocarbons by methanogenic bacteria

Belay et al., 1987

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2060725130159660235
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Belay N
Daniels L
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Applied and environmental microbiology

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Several methanogenic bacteria were shown to produce ethane, ethylene, and acetylene when exposed to the halogenated hydrocarbons bromoethane, dibromo-or dichloroethane, and 1, 2-dibromoethylene, respectively. They also produced ethylene when exposed to the …
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