Registration Dossier

Data platform availability banner - registered substances factsheets

Please be aware that this old REACH registration data factsheet is no longer maintained; it remains frozen as of 19th May 2023.

The new ECHA CHEM database has been released by ECHA, and it now contains all REACH registration data. There are more details on the transition of ECHA's published data to ECHA CHEM here.

Diss Factsheets

Environmental fate & pathways

Biodegradation in water: screening tests

Currently viewing:

Administrative data

Endpoint:
biodegradation in water: inherent biodegradability
Type of information:
migrated information: read-across based on grouping of substances (category approach)
Adequacy of study:
supporting study
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: well documented study without GLP

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
publication
Title:
Chapter 9, Microbial Degradation of EDTA: New EDTA-degrading Bacterial strains
Author:
Satroutdinov A, Chistyakova T, Dedyukhina E, Minkevich I
Year:
2005
Bibliographic source:
Biogeochemistry of chelating agents (eds Nowack, B. and VanBriesen, J.)

Materials and methods

Principles of method if other than guideline:
EDTA degrading strains were isolated and incubated to EDTA and EDTA complexes with Mg, Ca, Mn, Zn, Co, Cu and Pb
GLP compliance:
not specified

Test material

Constituent 1
Reference substance name:
Edetic acid
EC Number:
200-449-4
EC Name:
Edetic acid
Cas Number:
60-00-4
IUPAC Name:
2,2',2'',2'''-(ethane-1,2-diyldinitrilo)tetraacetic acid
Details on test material:
no data available

Study design

Oxygen conditions:
aerobic
Inoculum or test system:
not specified
Duration of test (contact time):
24 h

Results and discussion

Details on results:
Uncomplexed EDTA and metal-EDTA chelates with low stability constants (log K below 16), such as Mg-, Ca-, Ba-, and Mn-EDTA, were degraded by the washed cell suspensions of both isolates at constant specific rates ranging from 0,310 to 0.525 mmol EDTA/(g cells h). Zn-EDTA with a higher stability constant (log K 18.3) was not completely degraded by resting cell suspensions of Pseudomonas sp, LPM-410 and LPM-4 after an incubation period of 24 h. Initially, the degradation rates of Pseudomonas sp. LPM-410 and LPM-4 were 0.195 and 0.143 mmol EDTA/(g cells h), respectively. After 8 h, degradation rates declined. No degradation of the stable chelates of Pb-, Co-, Cu-EDTA, and Fe(III)-EDTA was observed.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Validity criteria fulfilled:
not specified
Interpretation of results:
inherently biodegradable
Conclusions:
EDTA-degrading bacterial strains (Pseudomonas sp. LPM-410 and EDTA-dependent strain LPM-4) degraded EDTA and EDTA complexes with Mg, Ca, Mn, and Zn at higher rates (0.143-0.525 mmol EDTA/(g h)), but were unable to degrade EDTA complexes with Co, Cu, and Pb.