INDEX 



Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, 40, 



46, 52 

 Acetaldehyde in butyrate forma- 

 tion, 29, 30, 40, 46 

 Acetaldol, 29, 30 



Acetate, formation from glycine 

 and formate, 85-87 

 role in butyrate formation, 30- 



33,37,46,51 

 role in lactate and glycerol fer- 

 mentations, 32-34 

 Acetoacetate, conversion to ace- 

 tone, 50, 51 

 phosphoroclastic decomposition 



of, 37, 38 

 role in butyrate formation, 29, 



30, 37, 43 

 synthesis of, 44, 45, 50, 51, 53 

 Acetoacetate decarboxylase, 50, 53 

 Acetoacetyl coenzyme A, 41, 43, 45, 

 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 53 



Acetoacetyl thiolase, 45, 46, 47 



Acetokinase, 41, 48 



Acetone, formation of, 50, 51, 52, 



53 

 Acetyl coenzyme A, 39, 40, 41, 42, 



46,48 

 Acetyl phosphate, conversion to 

 butyrate, 36, 37 

 formation from acetaldehyde, 36 

 formation from pyruvate, 35 

 reaction with ADP, 41 

 Acrylate, decomposition by CI. 



propionicum, 73, 74 

 Acrylyl coenzyme A, 74 

 Alanine, fermentation of, 60, 61, 

 62,73,74 

 oxidation of, 58 

 ^-Alanine, formation of, 74 

 Alcohol dehydrogenase, 40, 46, 52 

 Alcohols, decomposition by meth- 

 ane bacteria, 9-11, 18 



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