From Trifluoroacetate to Fluoroform

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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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           Trifluoroacetate            
                   |
                   |  H+
  trifluoroacetate | /
     decarboxylase |/
           4.1.1.- |
                   |\
            ExPASy | \
                   |  CO2
                   v
              Fluoroform
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