Study of the biosurfactant-producing profile in a newly isolated Rhodococcus ruber strain

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 771-776

  Zheng, Chenggang ^a   Li, Shuguang ^b   Yu, Li ^b   Huang, Lixin ^b   Wu, Qinghong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Biosurfactant producing profile; Cellular hydrophobicity; Emulsification index; Rhodococcus ruber

Indexed keywords

RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RUBER;

EID: 77951838932     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: 18692044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03179222     Document Type: Article

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