From Carbon Tetrachloride to Carbon Monoxide

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Medline reference
Krone UE, Thauer RK, Hogenkamp HP, Steinbach K. Biochemistry (1991) 30(10): 2713-9.

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3 citations on March 09, 2012. 

  Carbon Tetrachloride   
            |
            |  2e- + H2O
            | /
            |/
            |
            |\
            | \
            |  2H+ + 4Cl-
            v
     Carbon Monoxide
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