Preliminary characterization of biosurfactants produced by microorganisms isolated from refinery wastewaters

Environmental Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 225-232

  Yalçin, Emine ^a   Ergene, Aysun ^b  

^a GIRESUN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biosurfactant; Emulsion index; FTIR; Refinery wastewater; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CAPILLARITY; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; EMULSIFICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROCARBONS; MICELLES; REFINING; SUGARS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; WASTEWATER; WETTING;

BACTERIAL STRAINS; BIO-SURFACTANTS; BIOCHEMICAL METHODS; BIOSURFACTANT; BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCTION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; CULTURE BROTHS; FTIR; HYDROCARBON SOURCES; LIPID CONTENT; OXIDASE ACTIVITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REFINERY WASTEWATER; REFINERY WASTEWATERS; SURFACE TENSION MEASUREMENTS;

BIOMOLECULES;

BIOSURFACTANT; HYDROCARBON; INDOLE; LACTOSE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACTANT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; EMULSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM STAINING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICELLIZATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SURFACE TENSION; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 77649280112     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330903426695     Document Type: Article

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