Algae formation

Diphenylamine inhibits the development of scald disease during prolonged cold storage of apples and pears (42—45). It prolongs the fresh appearance of cut snapdragons (46), controls weather fleck in tobacco, inhibits algae formation, and shows growth inhibitory activity in potatoes (47). 

Resistance to scale and algae formation and easy to clean. 

In the light of the knowledge that the earth s raw material resources are limited, the need for the development of modern microbicides which protect valuable products from loss of quality and deterioration is more urgent than ever. They not only protect a great number of perishable products from depreciation and destruction, but also prevent problems in industrial processes caused by algae, formation of slime and biofilms, and microbial induced corrosion. 

Purification of drinking water by adding CI2 to kill bacteria is a source of electrophilic chlorine and contributes a nonenzymatic pathway for a chlorina tion and subsequent chloroform formation Al though some of the odor associated with tap water may be due to chloroform more of it probably results from chlorination of algae produced organic com pounds... 

In 1968, reports from Sweden, subsequently confirmed in other industrial countries, noted that shallow lakes with low concentrations of divalent cations were becoming more acidic with consequent decreases in aquatic plants and animals. In severely affected lakes and ponds, only acidophilic algae survived. Increased acidity and the runoff of solubilized aluminum and other metal ions from surrounding watersheds are now known to be primarily responsible for formation of these almost sterile bodies of water. 

Some green algae are able to use aromatic sulfonic acids (Figure 2.4a) (Soeder et al. 1987) and aliphatic sulfonic acids (Figure 2.4b) (Biedlingmeier and Schmidt 1983) as sources of sulfur. Cultures of Scenedesmus obliquus under conditions of sulfate limitation metabolized naphthalene-l-sulfonate to l-hydroxy-naphthalene-2-sulfonate and the gluco-side of naphth-l-ol (Kneifel et al. 1997). These results are consistent with formation of a 1,2-epoxide followed by an NIH shift. 

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