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Nitrocellulose Degradation by the Fungus Fusarium solani

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The degradation of native and pretreated nitrocellulose (NC) by the microscopic fungus Fusarium solani VKM F-819 and a mixed culture of the fungus with a sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans VKM B-1388 has been studied. It has been shown that NC pretreatment with UV radiation and ozone promoted its subsequent biodegradation. The degradation of the thus treated NC by a mixed culture of F. solani and D. desulfuricans was the most effective as compared to all other treatment options. The NC nitrogen content decreased from 13.38 to 10.03%; the number average (Mn) and weight average (Mw) molecular masses decreased by three and two times, respectively. These magnitudes were achieved after 5 days of incubation of the pretreated NC. The obtained data can be used to further develop NC degradation technology.

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  1. Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow oblast, 142432, Russia

    E. A. Saratovskikh

  2. G.K. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia

    V. A. Shcherbakova

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    R. N. Yarullin

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Saratovskikh, V.A. Shcherbakova, R.N. Yarullin, 2018, published in Prikladnaya Biokhimiya i Mikrobiologiya, 2018, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 55–62.

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Saratovskikh, E.A., Shcherbakova, V.A. & Yarullin, R.N. Nitrocellulose Degradation by the Fungus Fusarium solani. Appl Biochem Microbiol 54, 45–52 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0003683818010106

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