Surface-active lipids in rhodococci

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 59-70

  Lang, Siegmund ^a   Philp, Jim C ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biosurfactants; Glycolipids; Remediation; Rhodococci

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTER DERIVATIVE; GLYCOLIPID; HEXADECANE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; LIPID; MYCOLIC ACID; NITROGEN; SURFACTANT; TREHALOSE; WATER;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COST; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLE; NONHUMAN; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS; SURFACE TENSION; TOXICITY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; LIPIDS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; RHODOCOCCUS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TREHALOSE;

EID: 0032462355     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001799711799     Document Type: Review

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