Aromatic Oxidation

The bacterial oxidation of aromatic compounds.

Evans (1947) observed that cultures of Vibrio 01 developing at the expense of phenol gave an intense violet Rothera reaction during the later stages of growth. The Rothera test is a nitroprusside reaction used clinically to detect the presence of "acetone bodies" (acetone and acetoacetic acid) in urine. Although Evans did not succeed in identifying the substance responsible for the positive Rot...

Oxidation of aromatic aldehydes by Serratia marcescens.

Cell suspensions of Serratia marcescens catalyzed the oxidation of aromatic aldehydes into the corresponding acids in high yield under mild conditions.

High Temperature Oxidation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Even though several models for toluene oxidation have been developed [3-7], the high temperature combustion of this aromatic is not fully understood. Most high temperature studies of toluene carried out to date have involved monitoring the concentration profiles of reactants, stable intermediates, and final products in flow reactors using GC analyses. However, the ignition process of hydrocarbo...

Oxidation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons under Sulfate-Reducing Conditions.

[(sup14)C]naphthalene and phenanthrene were oxidized to (sup14)CO(inf2) without a detectable lag under strict anaerobic conditions in sediments from San Diego Bay, San Diego, Calif., that were heavily contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) but not in less contaminated sediments. Sulfate reduction was necessary for PAH oxidation. These results suggest that the self-purificatio...

The Oxidation of Aromatic Compounds by Fluorescent Pseudomonads.