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Bacteria, by removing oxygen and nitrogen from organic matter, form compounds more closely related to petroleum than the original organic material, and thus presumably facilitate the generation of petroleum by purely chemical action. Aerobic micro-organisms in the sea water and the upper layers of the sediments may form amino and lower fatty acids from more complex organic material. Anaerobic bacteria occur in all surface layers of deposits and remove oxygen, nitrogen, and sulphur from the organic matter in the sediments. Some anaerobic bacteria form methane, but none is known to generate liquid hydrocarbons that characterize petroleum. Tyrosene, an amino acid containing a phenol group, has been observed to produce benzene by anaerobic action.
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