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Supplementary Fig. S1. Transmission electron micrograph
of a negatively stained cell of strain D41
T. Bar, 1 µm.
Supplementary Figs S2 and S3. Time courses of conversion
of benzyl alcohol to benzoate by strain D41
Tin pure culture (Fig. S2) and conversion of benzyl
alcohol to benzoate with concurrent methane production by
strain D41
Tin co-culture with a hydrogen-using methanogen,
strain M41 (Fig. S3).
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