Modification of Water-Soluble Coal-Derived Products by Dibenzothiophene-Degrading Microorganisms
AUTOR(ES)
Stoner, D. L.
RESUMO
To study mechanisms by which microorganisms oxidize thiophenic sulfur in coal, we tested bacterial cultures for the ability to degrade dibenzothiophene (DBT), DBT-5-oxide, and DBT-sulfone and to modify water-soluble coal products derived from Illinois no. 6 and Ugljevik coals. In yeast extract medium, the majority of selected isolates degraded DBT and accumulated DBT-5-oxide in culture fluids; all but one of the cultures degraded DBT-5-oxide, and none of them degraded DBT-sulfone. Elemental analysis data indicated that the microbial cultures were able to decrease the amount of sulfur in soluble coal products derived from Illinois no. 6 and Ugljevik coals. However, these data suggested that microbially mediated sulfur removal from soluble Ugljevik coal occurred by nonspecific mechanisms. That is, extensive degradation of the carbon structure was concurrent with the loss of sulfur. This conclusion was supported by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic data which indicated that the reduced sulfur forms in the soluble Ugljevik coal product was not oxidized by microbial treatment.
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