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. 1975 Oct;30(4):707-9.
doi: 10.1128/am.30.4.707-709.1975.

Inhibition of methanogenesis in marine sediments by acetylene and ethylene: validity of the acetylene reduction assay for anaerobic microcosms

R S Oremland, B F Taylor

Inhibition of methanogenesis in marine sediments by acetylene and ethylene: validity of the acetylene reduction assay for anaerobic microcosms

R S Oremland et al. Appl Microbiol. 1975 Oct.

Abstract

Methanogenesis was irreversibly inhibited in sediments by concentrations of acetylene employed in nitrogen fixation assays (1 to 20%, vol/vol). Ethylene, but not ethane, also stopped methane production, and the inhibition was reversed by gassing with hydrogen.

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