Surface active properties of the culture filtrates of a micrococcus species grown on n-alkanes and sugars

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-235

  Das, Madhusweta ^a   Das, S K ^a   Mukherjee, R K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Biosurfactant; Extracellular surface activity; Micrococcus

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; KEROSENE; PARAFFINS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

BIOSURFACTANTS; FOAMABILITY; MANNOSE;

CELL CULTURE;

ALKANE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HEXADECANE; KEROSENE; MANNOSE; SUCROSE; SUGAR; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOTRANSFORMATION; EMULSION; FERMENTATION; FOAM; MICROCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0032031771     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(97)00133-8     Document Type: Article

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