Characterization of bacterial isolates from industrial wastewater according to probable modes of hexadecane uptake

Microbiological Research

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 481-486

  Vasileva Tonkova, Evgenia ^a   Galabova, Danka ^a   Stoimenova, Emilia ^b   Lalchev, Zdravko ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Biosurfactants; Emulsifying activity; Hexadecane; Hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLARIFICATION; ECOLOGY; EMULSIFICATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD PRODUCTS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MECHANISMS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SUGARS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE POTENTIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WELL STIMULATION;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BIO SURFACTANTS; BIOSURFACTANTS (BS); CELL SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY; CELL-FREE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELSEVIER (CO); EMULSIFYING ACTIVITY (EA); GLYCOSIDE CONTENT; HEXADECANE (HD); IN-CELL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATERS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP; SURFACE ACTIVE COMPOUNDS;

PARAFFINS;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; WASTEWATER;

ARTHROBACTER; ARTHROBACTER SP.; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SP.; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 44949193700     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2006.07.015     Document Type: Article

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