> > EtOH + Acetate + CO2 --> Caproate + Butyrate + H2
> >
What if there is no acetate or CO2?
>
Go look up Clostridium kluyveri metabolism, then tell me. I have no
idea. My guess: EtOH won't be degraded to yield energy if there is no
acetate or CO2 present.
--Alex
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Alex B. Berezow, Grad Student
Dept. of Microbiology
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA 98195
