The isolation of pathogenic bacteria from used emulsion oils.
The isolation of pathogenic bacteria from used emulsion oils.
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从用过的乳化油中分离病原菌。
DOI:
10.1128/aem.4.6.332-338.1956
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发表时间:
1956
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通讯作者:
C. Tant
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作者:
E. Bennett;C. Tant
Emulsion oils consist of petroleum oils emulsified with soaps of tall oil, rosin, petroleum sulfonate, and so forth, and additional additives such as rust inhibitors and coupling agents. The lubricant is sold as a water-free concentrate to the customer, who dilutes it with water in ratios of 1 part oil to 20 to 40 parts water. The diluted material forms a stable milk-white emulsion which has the lubricating properties of petroleum and the cooling properties of water. These coolants are supplied to the cutting and grinding machines either from an individual tank containing 50 to 100 gal, attached to the machine, or from large sumps containing thousands of gallons which supply many machines. The coolant flows over the metal being worked and then returns to the individual tank or sump, from which it is recirculated. Emulsion oil concentrates are practically free of bacteria when sold to the customer. The open circulation systems offer ample opportunity for the emulsion to become contaminated with bacteria as it flows over the hands of workers and collects in pans around the machines into which the workers may spit or urinate. The bacteria that find their way into the emulsion are capable of oxidizing the lubricant, resulting in spoilage, with the production of nauseating odors and emulsion instability. It is necessary to discard the spoiled emulsion, clean the machine, and add fresh coolant, with considerable loss in production. In recent years the bacterial content of cutting emulsions has received considerable attention. Research has been directed toward understanding the mechanisms by which bacteria spoil the emulsion; determining methods for controlling bacterial spoilage; and determining whether, under industrial conditions, emulsion oils may contain disease-producing microorganisms. Rosenberger (1922) investigated the bacterial flora of oil emulsions and reported the presence of both sporeforming and nonsporeforming bacilli. Lee and Chandler (1941) found the principal organisms in cutting emulsions to be a new species, Pseudomonas oleovorans. Duffett et al. (1943) found that the majority of the species isolated from 30 different emulsion oil samples belonged to the genus Pseudomonas. In addition to P. oleovorans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, two species of Achromobacter, Aerobacter aerogenes, Escherichia coli Bacillus alvei, and also yeasts and molds, they isolated six new species of pseudomonads. Each emulsion sample usually contained several different species and genera. Weirich (1943) found E. coli to be the second or third most common organism found in cutting emulsions, and also noted the presence of micrococci and P. aeruginrosa. The C. B. Dolge Company (undated pamphlet) reported that E. coli was present in large numbers, and that streptococci and micrococci were occasionally present. Pivnick (1952) found micrococci, Sarcina, Flavobacterium, Vibrio, and many species of pseudomonads. Bennett (1956) reported the isolation of a Paracolobactrum sp. and a Salmonella sp. from used cutting emulsions. Pivnick and Fabian (1954) did not find E. coli in samples examined; however, they isolated A. aerogenes and coli-aerogenes intermediates as well as pseudomonads. Pivnick (1955) isolated a new species, Pseudomonas rubescens, from emulsion oils. Bennett and Wheeler (1954) found large numbers of Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus in a used sample from a plant where several workers were suffering from pyogenic infections.