Streptofactin, a novel biosurfactant with aerial mycelium inducing activity from Streptomyces tendae Tu 901/8c

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-171

  Richter, Monika ^a   Willey, Joanne M ^b   Süßmuth, Roderich ^a   Jung, Günther ^a   Fiedler, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial mycelium; Biosurfactant; Differentiation; Streptomyces; Surface activity

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROTECTION; COLONY FORMATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MORPHOGENESIS; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STREPTOMYCES;

STREPTOMYCES TENDAE;

EID: 0032526937     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00167-0     Document Type: Article

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