1. Several species of micro-organisms that were capable of utilizing pyridine compounds as carbon and energy source were isolated from soil and sewage. Compounds degraded included pyridine and the three isomeric hydroxypyridines. 2. Suitable modifications of the cultural conditions led to the accumulation of pyridinediols (dihydroxypyridines), which were isolated and characterized. 3. Three spe...

In the title dinuclear compound, [Zn(2)(C(6)H(6)N(3)O)(2)(C(6)H(7)N(3)O)(2)](NO(3))(2), the Zn(II) cation is N,N'-chelated by one pyridine-2-carboxamide oximate anion and one pyridine-2-carboxamide oxime mol-ecule, and is further bridged by an oxime O atom from the adjacent pyridine-2-carboxamide oximate anion, forming a distorted trigonal bipyramidal coordination. Two pyridine-2-carboxamide ox...