Water-in-oil macroemulsions sustain long-term viability of microbial cells in organic solvents

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 323-328

  Stefan, Alessandra ^a   Palazzo, Gerardo ^b,c   Ceglie, Andrea ^b   Panzavolta, Eleonora ^a   Hochkoeppler, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CSGI c/o Dept of Food Technology   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lecithin; Microbial cells; Organic solvents; Viability; Water in oil macroemulsions

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OILS AND FATS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; WATER;

MACROEMULSIONS;

EMULSIONS;

OCTANE; OIL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISPERSION; EMULSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; FUNGAL CELL; MACROEMULSION; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; RHODOTORULA; RHODOTORULA MINUTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; EMULSIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; OCTANES; OILS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; RHODOTORULA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLVENTS; WATER; YEASTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOTORULA MINUTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 12244254019     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.10476     Document Type: Article

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