From Trichloroethanol to Trichloroacetate

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Medline reference
Newman LM, Wackett LP. Appl Environ Microbiol (1991) 57(8): 2399-402.

Search Medline for bacterial trichloroethanol and trichloroacetic acid.
5 citations on March 09, 2012. 
  Trichloroethanol   
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          |  2H+ + 2e-
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[2,2,2-trichloroethanal]
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          |  H2O
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          |  3H+ + 2e-
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  Trichloroacetate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
primary Alcohol -----> Aldehyde (bt0001)
Aldehyde -----> Carboxylate (bt0003)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0489.
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