Fig. 3: Antimicrobial activity, degradation kinetics and pathway, and developmental toxicity of 2,6-DCQ.
From: An effective and rapidly degradable disinfectant from disinfection byproducts
a Survivorship of E. coli, S. aureus, C. albicans, and MS2 against the dosage of 2,6-DCQ and PCMX at pH 7.2 (n = 2 independent experiments, 107 cells per sample for E. coli, C. albicans and S. aureus, 1010 plaque-forming units per sample for MS2). b Degradation of 2,6-DCQ under different pH conditions with and without solar irradiation (n = 2 independent experiments). c Peak area variations of 2,6-DCQ and its degradation products with time. d A proposed degradation pathway of 2,6-DCQ in seawater. e Comparative developmental toxicity of 2,6-DCQ and PCMX solutions with different degradation times in darkness (n = 2 independent experiments, 150 P. dumerilii embryos per sample). Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
