The Reduction of Sulphur Containing Compounds in Wood Pulp and Paper Manufacture
- 1 July 1932
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 24 (1) , 43-52
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.24.1.43-52.1932
Abstract
Blackening during the manufacture of pulp stock is due to formation of black accumulations in and on the equipment used. The organism in question is Micro-spora Desulphuricans Bey. This reduces S-containing compounds with production of H2S, which in turn unites with Fe to form sulphide. Both the S and the Fe necessary to produce this change are present in the wood used in manufacture of the product but possibly additional S may be utilized from sulphite used in the processes. Fe from Fe piping may also aid the change. The source of the organisms is the water supply. Cultural reactions of 8 pure strains of the organism were carried out. In certain carbohydrate reactions, these are found to be variable.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: