Potential commercial applications of microbial surfactants

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 495-508

  Banat, I M ^a   Makkar, R S ^b,c   Cameotra, S S ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; SURFACTANT;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EMULSION; FOOD INDUSTRY; OIL INDUSTRY; PAPER INDUSTRY; SHORT SURVEY; SOIL TREATMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0034078278     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051648     Document Type: Short Survey

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