Surface properties and sub-surface aggregate assimilation of rhamnolipid surfactants in different aqueous systems

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 811-816

  Raza, Zulfiqar Ali ^a   Khalid, Zafar M ^b   Khan, Mohammad Saleem ^c   Banat, Ibrahim M ^d   Rehman, Asma ^b   Naeem, Abdul ^c   Saddique, Muhammad Tahir ^c  

^a NATIONAL TEXTILE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Biosurfactant; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Rhamnolipid; Tensioactive

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; BACTERIA; LIPIDS; METAL IONS; METALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AGGREGATE FORMING; BIO SURFACTANT; INTERFACIAL BEHAVIORS; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHAMNOLIPIDS; TENSIOACTIVE; TENSIOACTIVE PROPERTIES;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77952130394     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0216-x     Document Type: Article

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