Beckler G S, Hook L A, Reeve J N
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1984 Apr;47(4):868-9. doi: 10.1128/aem.47.4.868-869.1984.
Growth of the four methanogens investigated was inhibited by chloramphenicol-3-acetate; therefore, introduction of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase-encoding genes should not confer chloramphenicol resistance on these methanogens. Reduction of the aryl nitro group of chloramphenicol produced a compound which did not inhibit the growth of these methanogens.