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Question
Write chemical reactions to represent Methanogenesis.
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Solution
Methanogenesis is last stage in which anaerobic Methanogenic bacteria like Methanobacterium, Methanococcus convert acetate, H2 and CO2 into Methane, CO2 and H2O and other products.
- 12mol CH3COOH 12CH4 + 12CO2 (Acetic acid) Methane
- 4mol H.COOH CH4 + 3CO2 + 2H2O (Formic acid)
- CO2 + 4H2 CH4 + 2H2O
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