Rapid quantification of a microbial surfactant by a simple turbidometric method

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-42

  Mukherjee, Soumen ^a   Das, Palashpriya ^a   Sen, Ramkrishna ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Generalized calibration; Microbial surfactant; Rapid quantification; Turbidometry

Indexed keywords

BIOSURFACTANT; CARBON;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACILLUS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PSEUDOMONAS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS SP.;

EID: 57149141786     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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