Possibilities and challenges for biosurfactants use in petroleum industry

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 672, Issue , 2010, Pages 135-145

  Perfumo, Amedea ^b   Rancich, Ivo ^b   Banat, Ibrahim M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSURFACTANT; HYDROCARBON; OIL; PETROLEUM; WATER; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DISPERSION; EMULSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOAMING; GAS; LIQUID; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRY; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 77953083261     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-5979-9_10     Document Type: Article

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