Evaluation of different carbon sources for growth and biosurfactant production by Pseudomonas fluorescens isolated from wastewaters

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 96-102

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Biosurfactants; Carbon sources; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 62549122972     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2009-1-216     Document Type: Article

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