Could any fungi or mold grow in Sodium Hydroxide?
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It is a concentrated solution of NaOH, and the white precipitate may be sodium hydroxide itself when supersaturation may be occur ed if the solution stay for a long time. no mold or fungi can be grows in that media.The second probability for the precipitate may be due to an pure NaOH used, in other words may be another chemicals whit it and its solubility is not good enough in water.
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I generally follow the recommendations provided by our safety officer at my academic lab.\n\nIf your liquid cultures can afford the extra volume, you can just add a lot of deionized h2o, that should stop the growing (by lysing the cells).  Then toss in the bio-hazard bag, for the autoclave.  \n\nOr, if you have access to an autoclave, then autoclave the culture, and you can probably dump down the drain.\n\nCheck with your safety officer!!\n\nIt was fun thinking about your question.  Pass on the good Karma!
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Vodka...\n\nNo, nothing kills the fungus but you can stop the growth by using distilled vinegar (get a cheap one).
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They change the pH of the environment of the mildew, which stresses the fungus and kills it, as it preferes an acidic environment.\n\nSodium bicarbonate is a base, not an acid, by the way, you must not pay attention to the answer above.\n\nCheck this study out:\nhttp://phytoparasitica.org/phyto/pdfs/1997/issue1/NOTE.pdf
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Sodium hydroxide (commonly called lye) is the main ingredient of classic solid Drano® Kitchen Crystal Clog Remover.  The product also contain aluminum shavings (metallic Al) to react and cause the liquid inside the drain to heat up (this also bubbles to "stir the liquid" and make it seem like something is going on).\n\nDrano® Build-Up Remover works over a longer time period and contains helpful microorganisms that release enzymes to break down residue.\n\nThe liquid and gel products contain various other chemicals (besides Sodium hydroxide) like Myristamine and Sodium hypochlorite (bleach).\n\nSee the references below:
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First of all, you're a nut.  Or at least a guy who likes to buy new microwaves.\n\nI'm not sure there is an actual reaction between sodium hydroxide and sugar.  For the sake of chemistry, we can treat all sugar as C6H12O6.  If anything the reaction will produce carbon dioxide and water, but this happens anyway when you burn any sugar so it might be hard to separate the two processes. \n\nWill check and get back to you  :)\n\nUpdate:  See the link below.  The only thing I can find is that NaOH will oxidize glucose, though this doesn't work as well for sucrose.  I don't think heating will have any effect other than to make the reaction go faster (and it already goes pretty fast, apparently.\n\nHave you thought about a career in chemistry?  You have the right kind of mind for it -- i.e., let's throw these chemicals together and see what happens!  By the way, I would NOT try this with NaOH and any kind of acid solution.  It might be dangerous under the wrong conditions.
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Mold is another word for fungi whose bodies gather and congeal together to form cottony vegetative bodies. Not all mold is cottony, however. Types of slimy mold are more like amoeba than their cottony cousins and leave a moister, slicker mass on the molded surface. However when it comes to bread, you will most always see the drier, threadlike mold.\n\nMold commonly grows on bread faster in warm, dark, moist conditions. However, mold can grow in light, and some molds can even grow on frozen foods. Molds grow in varying conditions, at varying speeds, in every color you can think of.\n\nBlack bread mold is one of the most common molds.  It starts out microscopic.  However, as it takes in moisture, the mold begins to grow and produce.  Hyphae are produced, which grow upright as they absorb water, sugars and starches. \n black bread mold makes the bread go bad.  And it’s not only the bread that is damaged but the food around it as well.  This is because the mold grows and reproduces.  As it reproduces the mold spreads to nearby areas until it is killed. \n\n  \n\nNot only do they make food go bad, but mold also cause fungus-related illnesses.  For example, there are some types of mold that can grow on people!  These molds, or types of fungus, reproduce faster than others do.  However, they are not visible.  They may be spread through foods, transferring of items or in any other way
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A small amount of sodium hydroxide is probably neutralized in their digestive system.  Plus, if you are adding it to a butter, you may actually be reacting the caustic with ingredients in the butter (fats, fatty acids, etc...) which will just make the butter salty.  Also, caustic soda reacts with CO2 in the air to form Sodium Carbonate pretty readily, which is harmless.  I'd try another "poison".
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with air yeast wil grow and thrive.\nwithout air it will produce ethanol and eventually die when the concentration of ethanol rises.
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Actually, acid medium is a way to avoid fungal overgrowth, so i'd go with neutral or slightly alkaline
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Furniture and porous items you may have to throw away as the mold is embedded in it.  this includes bedsheets, towels, carpeting. Throw it out Black mold can be very hazardous if not deadly to your health. As far as your pottery, glassware, I would use a strong disenfecting agent that contains chlorine bleach.  That can kill the mold.  But use a face mask when washing these items and don't bring it into your home until it is cleaned because the mold spores can float around in the air.   I know this because my old house I rented was full of it and I just couldn't stop getting sick from it.  If the mold is really bad on these items, I'm sorry to say you may have to give it to the trash.
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by what i have heard its found in dirt. it could be something due to hygiene. They found in the study that the people using the bauch and lombe (moisture lock)were acquiring the fungus so these were being removed from stores.
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stearic acid and sodium hydroxide form a soap that is soluble in hot water. to my knowledge, the stearic acid in combination with sodium hydroxide should form micelles, but the sebacic acid i don't think so as it's not a fatty acid, and therefor it can't make soaps
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The answer will depend on th strength of the solution. At an equal concentration,  sodium hydroxide will have a much higher pH than an solution of sodium carbonate.\n\nA 10% solution of sodium carbonate will have a much higher pH than 0.00001 M solution of sodium hydroxide.
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well, for one, calcium is inorganic, so incapable of reproduction. if anything grew, it would most likely be a fungus from under your fingernails or just in the soil.
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Growing penicillium molds\nStep 1: Take a piece of bread and gently wipe it against the kitchen floor or against a windowsill. Microbes will stick to the bread even though they are invisible to the naked eye.\n\nStep 2: Sprinkle some water on the bread; an eyedropper or laundry sprinkler will work well. Microbes require moisture for growth.\n\nStep 3: Place the bread in a jar of some sort and cover the jar with a lid. Plastic wrap, aluminum foil or anything similar can act as a substitute for a lid if it is missing. There is no need to puncture “air-holes” in the lid as the microbes will have enough oxygen for growth. Place the jar in a cupboard, or somewhere dark and warm.\n\nStep 4: After a few days you can look at the bread. If you see bluish-green mold growing, it is probably Penicillium. If you do not see any mold colonies put the jar back and wait a few more days – some bread contains chemicals such as calcium propionate to slow the growth of mold.\n\nStep 5: Pass a sharp knife through the bluish-green mold on the bread, and, using the same knife, make several deep cuts in the skin of an orange.\n\nStep 6: Wash and dry the jar previously containing the moldy bread with plain water. Place a wet piece of cotton or tissue paper in the newly-cleaned jar along with the orange. Cover the jar and store in a dark, warm place.\n\nStep 7: Examine the orange each day for any mold which may grow along the cuts. After a week or so you may notice tiny drops of liquid forming along the cuts. The liquid will be yellow or gold in color. Penicillin is manufactured from these chemicals.
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It's not likely that any type of mold or mildew, in and of itself, could cause lymphoma.  However, if you're deficient in antioxidants, nutrients and sufficient, clean water, over time your immune system will become compromised and you can become much more sensitive to things such as mold or mildew which may trigger illnesses your body doesn't have the resources to fight.  Perhaps lymphoma could be one of them.