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. 2012 Jun 20;12:113. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-12-113

Table 3.

A and B: Median concentrations of VOCs released (A) or taken up (B) byPseudomonas aeruginosa

Compound CAS m/z for SIM M [ppbv] 1.5 (n = 3) 2.25 (n = 4) 3 (n = 4) 3.75 (n = 5) 4.5 (n = 5) 5.20 (n = 4) 6 (n = 6) 24 (n = 5) 26 (n = 4) 28 (n = 3)
A)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3-methyl-1-butanol
123-51-3
55, 70
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
62.56
148.4
142.2
ethanol*
64-17-5
-
102.1
623.5
322.2
396.4
441.4
548.9
800.0
761.6
203.1
333.3
350.4
2-butanol#
78-92-2
45
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.5E + 04
8.5E + 03
2-nonanone
821-55-6
43, 56, 71
<LOD
1.091
1.586
3.855
6.372
10.29
15.33
14.83
12.24
21.82
22.42
2-pentanone
107-87-9
43, 86
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
0.526
0.910
0.901
12.91
19.30
17.94
2-heptanone
110-43-0
43, 71
n.d.
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
0.286
0.259
2.700
4.789
3.622
4-heptanone
123-19-3
43, 71
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
<LOD
0.422
0.496
1.000
2.079
1.088
3-octanone*
106-68-3
-
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
<LOD
0.557
0.817
<LOD
2-butanone*
78-93-3
-
10.08
25.49
23.57
15.89
17.90
17.11
19.39
14.65
30.39
40.55
40.03
methyl isobutyl ketone#
108-10-1
85, 100
3.8E + 04
8.7E + 04
8.0E + 04
5.5E + 04
7.9E + 04
6.5E + 04
7.6E + 04
6.4E + 04
2.3E + 05
3.8E + 05
2.7E + 05
ethyl acetate
141-78-6
61
<LOD
1.936
1.123
0.777
1.556
1.167
1.088
1.231
1.972
2.686
1.895
methyl 2-methylbutyrate
868-57-5
56, 85
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
n.d.
0.637
1.669
methyl methacrylate*
80-62-6
-
24.81
38.14
44.49
32.28
44.03
36.81
46.67
38.67
47.72
54.17
48.13
ethyl 2-methylbutyrate#
7452-79-1
57, 74, 85
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7.5E + 04
1.4E + 05
1.8E + 05
2-methylbutyl isobutyrate#
2445-69-4
55, 70
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5.2E + 05
1.2E + 06
1.3E + 06
isoamyl butyrate#
106-27-4
43, 71
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2.5E + 05
1.4E + 06
7.6E + 05
2-methylbutyl 2-methylbutyrate#
2445-78-5
57, 70, 85
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2.7E + 06
7.6E + 06
9.7E + 06
amyl isovalerate#
25415-62-7
57, 70, 85
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.9E + 06
3.9E + 06
6.1E + 06
dimethyl sulfide (DMS)
75-18-3
47, 62
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
n.d.
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
1.295
99.54
143.0
173.6
Dimethyl disulfide (DMDS)
624-92-0
94
0.580
1.817
1.042
0.663
0.605
0.538
0.600
0.597
5.909
14.11
11.09
dimethyl trisulfide (DMTS)
3658-80-8
126
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
0.324
0.764
1.106
methanethiol
74-93-1
47
33.03
45.55
47.77
21.86
21.31
18.22
25.25
24.64
261.2
418.0
318.1
mercaptoacetone#
24653-75-6
90
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.7E + 05
2.6E + 05
2.1E + 05
2-methoxy-5-methylthiophene#
31053-55-1
113
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1.1E + 06
2.0E + 06
1.6E + 06
3-(ethylthio)-propanal#
5454-45-5
62
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5.1E + 04
3.2E + 05
7.9E + 05
1-undecene
821-95-4
41, 55, 69
0.337
3.687
4.891
7.566
15.30
27.24
49.10
58.73
317.5
296.1
245.0
2-methyl-2-butene
513-35-9
55, 70
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
0.138
0.221
0.324
0.492
0.651
0.524
0.512
0.406
1,10-undecadiene
13688-67-0
41, 55, 69
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
0.516
0.838
0.993
6.813
6.349
4.515
1-nonene
124-11-8
55, 70, 126
0.269
0.419
0.336
0.299
0.370
0.419
0.541
0.588
2.613
3.401
2.623
1-decene
872-05-9
55, 70
<LOD
<LOD
0.283
0.207
0.203
0.221
0.289
0.325
1.178
1.213
0.910
1-dodecene
112-41-4
57, 70, 85
1.861
4.596
3.341
2.211
3.221
2.017
3.148
2.646
9.494
9.129
8.242
butane
106-97-8
58
0.331
0.471
0.283
0.160
0.143
0.154
0.275
0.184
0.673
1.482
1.400
isoprene*
78-79-5
-
<LOD
2.110
3.156
7.121
10.28
12.25
14.77
16.80
20.40
20.09
12.47
10-methyl-1-undecene#
22370-55-4
57, 70, 85
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3.3E + 05
3.2E + 05
2.9E + 05
pyrrole
109-97-7
41, 67
1.105
29.62
48.16
49.66
39.84
20.50
22.59
13.12
15.55
21.01
17.50
3-methylpyrrole*
616-43-3
-
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
5.272
8.278
24.74
24.57
18.92
1-vinyl aziridine#
5628-99-9
41, 67
0
2.3E + 07
2.8E + 07
2.1E + 07
1.1E + 07
4.8E + 06
3.5E + 06
1.1E + 06
5.0E + 04
4.6E + 05
0
B)
butanedione
431-03-8
86
77.22
122.9
112.9
57.27
50.76
24.49
22.30
9.568
5.131
7.535
8.746
benzaldehyde
100-52-7
107
183.9
145.2
102.2
26.50
13.11
9.944
9.434
7.024
5.698
7.082
8.538
acetaldehyde
75-07-0
43
515.5
340.6
316.1
65.15
47.75
53.22
87.89
87.14
30.84
42.56
22.97
methacroleian
78-85-3
70
3.291
4.175
3.237
0.922
0.502
0.209
0.187
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
3-methylbutanal*
590-86-3
-
419.6
832.1
620.1
191.3
126.8
45.23
37.63
14.52
24.89
57.25
41.17
nonanal
124-19-6
43, 58, 71
13.44
9.317
8.969
6.332
7.285
7.379
7.397
6.608
4.122
6.176
6.222
propanal
123-38-6
57
2.944
3.382
2.222
0.958
1.132
0.967
1.112
0.863
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
3-methyl-2-butenal
107-86-8
55, 84
1.266
1.578
1.617
0.953
0.856
0.641
0.515
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
n.d.
acrolein
107-02-8
56
9.951
7.257
11.23
9.622
6.918
7.082
9.965
7.432
4.036
3.915
3.628
butanal*
123-72-8
-
24.35
22.71
11.00
1.305
<LOD
1.129
1.837
2.259
<LOD
<LOD
<LOD
2-methylpropanal*
78-84-2
-
181.9
273.3
199.8
80.03
28.30
11.41
7.520
4.378
4.057
6.026
4.851
octanal* 124-13-0 - 5.424 4.226 4.282 3.410 2.448 2.507 3.011 1.791 1.266 1.950 2.580

Bold numbers indicate significant difference (Kruskal-Wallis test) between VOC concentrations in bacteria cultures and medium (m) headspace (p < 0.05). * TIC mode analysis with determined concentrations (ppbv) and # SIM mode analysis semi-quantified by peak area, n=32 for medium control.