From Trifluoroacetate to Difluoroacetate

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Reference
Visscher, P. T., Culbertson, C. W., & Oremland, R. S. (1994). Degradation of Trifluoroacetate in Oxic and Anoxic Sediments. Nature (London). 369(6483), 729-31.

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4 citations on March 09, 2012. 
                     Trifluoroacetate                      
                             |
                             |  2H+ + 2e-
  trifluoroacetate reductive | /
                dehalogenase |/
                    1.97.1.- |
                             |\
                      ExPASy | \
                             |  HF
                             v
                      Difluoroacetate
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