Shcheglova, M. K. published the artcileScreening of bacteria degrading surface-active substances, Quality Control of 2016-56-0, the publication is Antibiotiki i Khimioterapiya (1989), 34(3), 192-4, database is CAplus and MEDLINE.
A procedure for detection of bacteria degrading cationic surface-active substances (CSAS) was developed. The procedure is based on the color of pyrocatechin violet, an organic dye, changing from green-blue in the presence of CSAS to red-brown in its absence. After application of pyrocatechin violet to bacterial macrocolonies grown on a synthetic medium with a CSAS as the only source of C, red-brown zones develope around the colonies, which is indicative of CSAS degradation A total of 55 strains of bacteria degrading undecylpyridinium bromide were isolated from water and sewage purification plants. Six bacterial strains degraded all 9 surfactants tested. Degradability was related to the presence of a long C chain, with branching, and a substituent in the aromatic ring. The procedure may be used for the rapid determination of degradation of CSASs with different chem. structures.
Antibiotiki i Khimioterapiya published new progress about 2016-56-0. 2016-56-0 belongs to catalysis-chemistry, auxiliary class Active Esterification, name is Dodecylamineacetate, and the molecular formula is C10H20O2, Quality Control of 2016-56-0.
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