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Higashimura T, Sawamoto M, Hiza T, et al. Effect of methyl substitution on microbial degradation of linear styrene dimers by two soil bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1983;46(2):386-91doi: 10.1128/aem.46.2.386-391.1983.
Higashimura, T., Sawamoto, M., Hiza, T., Karaiwa, M., Tsuchii, A., & Suzuki, T. (1983). Effect of methyl substitution on microbial degradation of linear styrene dimers by two soil bacteria. Applied and environmental microbiology, 46(2), 386-91. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.46.2.386-391.1983
Higashimura, T, et al. "Effect of methyl substitution on microbial degradation of linear styrene dimers by two soil bacteria." Applied and environmental microbiology vol. 46,2 (1983): 386-91. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.46.2.386-391.1983
Higashimura T, Sawamoto M, Hiza T, Karaiwa M, Tsuchii A, Suzuki T. Effect of methyl substitution on microbial degradation of linear styrene dimers by two soil bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1983 Aug;46(2):386-91. doi: 10.1128/aem.46.2.386-391.1983. PMID: 16346363; PMCID: PMC239400.
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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1983 Aug;46(2):386-91. doi: 10.1128/aem.46.2.386-391.1983.

Effect of methyl substitution on microbial degradation of linear styrene dimers by two soil bacteria.

Applied and environmental microbiology

T Higashimura, M Sawamoto, T Hiza, M Karaiwa, A Tsuchii, T Suzuki

Affiliations

  1. Department of Polymer Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, and Fermentation Research Institute, Agency of Industrial Science & Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaragi 305, Japan.

PMID: 16346363 PMCID: PMC239400 DOI: 10.1128/aem.46.2.386-391.1983

Abstract

The microbial degradation of 10 linear unsaturated dimers (I to IV) prepared from styrene and o-, m-, or p-methylstyrene was investigated with two soil bacteria, Alcaligenes sp. strain 559 and Pseudomonas sp. strain 419. The two strains decomposed styrene dimer I and all styrene-methylstyrene codimers II and III, but methylstyrene homodimers IV remained intact. The degradation rates of codimers II and III of o- and m-methylstyrenes were found to depend on both their structure and the strain used; i.e., Alcaligenes sp. strain 559 decomposed III faster than II, whereas the reverse order (II > III) was obtained with Pseudomonas sp. strain 419. In biodegradation by the former strain, the codimers were degraded faster in the presence of styrene dimer I than in its absence, but no such effect of dimer I was observed with the latter.

References

  1. Can J Microbiol. 1978 Jul;24(7):798-803 - PubMed

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