A comparative study of the biodegradation of the surfactant sodium dodecyltriethoxy sulphate by four detergent-degrading bacteria

Journal of General Microbiology
S G HalesG F White

Abstract

The 35S-labelled metabolites produced during biodegradation of sodium dodecyltriethoxy [35S]sulphate (SDTES) by four bacterial isolates were identified and quantified. All four isolates used ether-cleavage as the predominant primary degradation pathway. In two of the organisms, the etherase system (responsible for approx. 60-70% of primary biodegradation) liberated mono-, di- and triethylene glycol monosulphates in substantial proportions, the last two esters undergoing some further oxidation to acetic acid 2-(ethoxy sulphate) and acetic acid 2-(diethoxy sulphate), respectively. For these isolates, liberation of SO4(2-) directly from SDTES was also significant (30-40%) and the organisms were shown to contain alkyl sulphatases active towards SDTES. For the remaining two isolates, etherase action was even more important (responsible for greater than 80% of primary biodegradation) and was restricted almost totally to the alkyl-ether bond to generate mainly triethylene glycol sulphate, some of which was further oxidized. Very small amounts of diethylene glycol monosulphate were also produced, but its mono-homologue, and the oxidation products of both these esters, were absent. Small amounts of inorganic sulphate (approx. 10%) were ...Continue Reading

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Mar 17, 2017·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology·Ana M S PauloCaroline M Plugge
Sep 22, 2019·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Gianna PanasiaBodo Philipp
Jan 5, 2002·Applied and Environmental Microbiology·Andrew J EllisGraham F White
Feb 2, 2021·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Elisabetta SalvatoriFausto Manes
May 11, 2021·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Subha SasiUsha K Aravind
Jul 4, 2019·Environmental Science & Technology·Raymmah Aleyda GarcíaJennifer A Field

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