Production and applications of trehalose lipid biosurfactants

European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 617-627

  Franzetti, Andrea ^a   Gandolfi, Isabella ^a   Bestetti, Giuseppina ^a   Smyth, Thomas J P ^b   Banat, Ibrahim M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Biosurfactants; Mycobacteria; Rhodococcus; Trehalose lipids

Indexed keywords

ARTHROBACTER; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; GORDONIA (ACTINOMYCETE); MYCOBACTERIUM; NOCARDIA; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 77954734881     PISSN: 14387697     EISSN: 14389312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.200900162     Document Type: Review

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