From Fluoroacetate to Acetate

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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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31 citations on March 09, 2012. 
                    Fluoroacetate                    
                          |
                          |  2H+ + 2e-
  fluoroacetate reductive | /
             dehalogenase |/
                 1.97.1.- |
                          |\
                   ExPASy | \
                          |  HF
                          v
                       Acetate
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