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6211186 
Journal Article 
The anaerobic decomposition of benzoic acid during methane fermentation 
Clark, FM; Fina, LR 
1952 
Yes 
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
ISSN: 0003-9861
EISSN: 1096-0384 
36 
1 
26-32 
English 
1. 1. Benzoic acid can be degraded under anaerobic conditions in a methane fermentation. Thus, some other hydrogen acceptor than oxygen is used in the rupture of the benzene ring. 2. 2. Less than 25% of the methane is derived from carbon dioxide. The remainder is formed from benzoic acid by an unknown mechanism. 3. 3. The failure of a benzoate-adapted culture to decompose catechol and protocatechuic acid suggests that the anearobic pathway for the degradation of the ring in benzoic acid may differ from the aerobic pathway. © 1952.