Biosurfactants : Recent advances

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-120

  Lin, Sung Chyr ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biosurfactant; ELISA; Glycolipid; Lipopeptide; Rhamnolipid; Surfactin

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIPIDS;

BIOSURFACTANTS; GLYCOLIPID; RHAMNOLIPID; SURFACTIN;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

GLYCOLIPID; SURFACTANT;

ASSAY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FERMENTATION; PH; REVIEW; SOIL TREATMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0030175564     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199606)66:2<109::AID-JCTB477>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Review

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