Evaluation of oil recovery by rhamnolipid produced with isolated strain from Iranian oil wells

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 573-577

  Eskandari, Somayeh ^a,b   Rashedi, Hamid ^a,b   Ziaie Shirkolaee, Yaser ^a,b   Mazaheri Assadi, Mahnaz ^c   Jamshidi, Esmail ^d   Bonakdarpour, Babak ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

^d AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biosurfactant; MEOR; Oil wells; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Rhamnolipid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77951812428     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03175148     Document Type: Article

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