Oxidation of Unsaturated Fatty Acids. IV. Reaction of Methyl Oleate with tert-Butyl Chromate

Oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids

Plant leaf systems have been incubated under various conditions with uniformly labeled oleic acid, and the breakdown products identified by gas-liquid chromatography. Young green leaves of the castor plant (Ricinis gibsonii) and of the field pea plant (Pisum sutiuum) catabolize oleic acid by an oxygen-requiring pathway to heptadec-8-enaI which is then dehydrogenated by an NAD-coupled mechanism ...

7449 Microbial Oxidation of Unsaturated Fatty Acids

Stability of unsaturated methyl esters of fatty acids on surfaces.

The stability of unsaturated methyl esters is greater when they are adsorbed on silica gel than when a glass surface is used. Storage of small samples adsorbed on silica gel may be a convenient addition to conventional methods of protecting labile fats against autoxidation.

Rapid Biodegradation of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) by Pure Bacterial Cultures

Two pure bacterial strains capable of rapid degrading methyl tert–butyl ether (MTBE) were isolated from an industrial wastewater treatment plant, identified and characterized. These strains are able to grow on MTBE as the sole carbon and energy sources and completely mineralize it to the biomass and carbon dioxide. The strains were identified as Bacillus cereus and Klebsiella terrigena. Bot...

Cometabolism of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) with alkanes

The release of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) to the environment, mainly from damaged gasoline underground storage tanks or distribution systems spills, has provoked extended groundwater pollution. Biological treatments are, in general, a good alternative for bioremediation of polluted sites; however, MTBE elimination from environment has constituted a challenge because of its chemical structur...