Biosurfactant production by a soil Pseudomonas strain growing on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1908-1912

  Déziel, Éric ^a   Paquette, Gilles ^a   Villemur, Richard ^a   Lépine, François ^a   Bisaillon, Jean Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL SURFACE; HEALTH HAZARD; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0029903227     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.6.1908-1912.1996     Document Type: Article

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