Production and characterisation of a biosurfactant isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa UW-1

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 232-238

  Sim, L ^a   Ward, O P ^a   Li, Z Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Biosurfactant; Fermentation; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Purification; Rhamnolipid

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPOGENESIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE TENSION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; GLYCOLIPIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031450358     PISSN: 13675435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jim.2900450     Document Type: Article

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