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TAKE THE QUIZacetogenesis
noun
ace·to·gen·e·sis
ə-ˌsē-tə-ˈje-nə-səs
biochemistry
acetogenic
adjective
There is a group of acetogenic bacteria that is able to reduce CO2 with hydrogen to acetate.
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Alfons J. M. Stams and Caroline M. Plugge, in Methane and Climate Change, 2010
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