Methods for investigating biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers: A review

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-144

  Satpute, Surekha K ^a   Banpurkar, Arun G ^a   Dhakephalkar, Prashant K ^b   Banat, Ibrahim M ^c   Chopade, Balu A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis; Bioemulsifier; Biosurfactant; Characterization; Detection; Purification; Screening

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULPHATE; AMPHIPHILIC MOLECULES; ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIO-SURFACTANTS; BIOEMULSIFIER; BIOEMULSIFIERS; BIOSURFACTANT; CELL BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTAL STRATEGY; EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROSCOPIES; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION; INFRA RED; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL CULTURE; MICROBIAL SCREENING; PROTEIN DIGESTION; STATIC LIGHT SCATTERING; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; SURFACE ACTIVE; SURFACE-ACTIVE COMPOUNDS;

ACETONE; AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMOLECULES; CELL CULTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DIALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PURIFICATION; RESONANCE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACETONE; ALCOHOL; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BIOSURFACTANT; EMULSIFYING AGENT; GLYCOLIPID; LIPOPEPTIDE; RHAMNOLIPID; SURFACTIN;

ACID PRECIPITATION; ADSORPTION; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; CORROSION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIALYSIS; DISPERSION; EMULSION; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FREEZE DRYING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; INFRARED RADIATION; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIC STRENGTH; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LIPOPHILICITY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE MICELLE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TURBIDITY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; EMULSIFYING AGENTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 77952850662     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388550903427280     Document Type: Review

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