Mr Rayon Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Does anyone know? Or will it all go to waste? Do bacteria bother eating the vitamin C which is in your urine and on the floor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Interactions between ascorbic acid and bacteria. Vitamin C kills bacteria. You have some bacteria in your urine anyway, probably less if you get a lot of vitamin C naturally. And the effect isn't diluted in your toilet, so you don't need to pee on the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Interactions between ascorbic acid and bacteria. Vitamin C kills bacteria. You have some bacteria in your urine anyway, probably less if you get a lot of vitamin C naturally. And the effect isn't diluted in your toilet, so you don't need to pee on the floor. If vitamin C killed bacteria then fruit wouldn't be attacked by bacteria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Why is this in Speculations, and not Biology? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Why is someone talking about peeing on the floor? Is this a linguistics issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Or one of those dreams where you ... Oh, just me then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Under oxic conditions ascorbate (vitamin C) is oxidized to 2,3-dioxo-L-gulonate. That can be further degraded to D-xylulose 5-phosphate (uncer anoxic conditions the pathway is slightly altered but ends with the same product). The best studied bacteria known to utilize ascorbate include Escherichia and Klebsiella. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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