TABLE 1.

Specific oxygen consumption rates of the diethyl ether-induced strain DEE5151 for ether chemicals

Ether chemical	Specific O2 consumption ratea	Relative activity (%) (diethyl ether = 100%)
Diethyl ether	141 ± 6.0	100
Di-n-propyl ether	95 ± 4.5	67.4
Di-n-butyl ether	66 ± 6.2	46.8
Di-n-pentyl ether	20 ± 1.2	14.2
Di-n-hexyl ether	2.1 ± 0.8	1.5
Di-n-heptyl ether	13 ± 3.5	9.2
2-Chloroethyl ethyl ether	107 ± 1.0	75.9
2-Bromoethyl ethyl ether	97 ± 0.5	68.8
±1,2-Dichloroethyl ethyl ether	98 ± 1.2	69.5
Bis-(2-chloroethyl) ether	34 ± 2.1	24.1
Bis-(2-Bromoethyl) ether	38 ± 1.8	27.0
Phenetole (ethoxybenzene)	18 ± 1.3	12.8
2-Chloroethyl phenyl ether	<1.0	<0.7

^aData are expressed as nanomoles of oxygen consumed per milliliter per minute per unit of optical density at 546 nm.