Zeitschrift für allgemeine Mikrobiologie 1979-01-01

[Oxidative degradation of dibenzylsulfide].

H D Babenzien, I Genz, M Köhler

Index: Z. Allg. Mikrobiol. 19(8) , 527-33, (1979)

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Abstract

Dibenzylsulfid (DBS) as a model of the organic sulfur compounds in crude oil was converted by a mixed culture (containing Pseudomonas aeruginosa) into several water soluble organic substances. Whereas these compounds are detectable with DC- and IR-spectroscopic techniques, benzylmercaptoacetic acid (BMA) was the only isolated product of DBS utilization. Efficiency of degradation, respectively, accumulation of BMA were dependent on aeration and pH-regulation.