Effects of rhamnolipids on cell surface hydrophobicity of PAH degrading bacteria and the biodegradation of phenanthrene

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 3999-4007

  Zhao, Zhenyong ^a   Selvam, Ammaiyappan ^a   Wong, Jonathan Woon Chung ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biosurfactant; PAHs; Phenanthrene; Rhamnolipids

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIO SURFACTANT; CELL SURFACE HYDROPHOBICITY; DIRECT CONTACT; INITIAL STAGES; LAG PERIOD; P.AERUGINOSA; PAH-DEGRADING BACTERIA; PAHS; PHENANTHRENE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHAMNOLIPIDS; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

ANTHRACENE; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMOLECULES; CELL MEMBRANES; DEGRADATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BIODEGRADATION;

PHENANTHRENE; RHAMNOLIPID;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID; PAH; PHENANTHRENE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; CELL SURFACE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL MEMBRANE; GLYCOLIPIDS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; PHENANTHRENES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79151481401     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.11.088     Document Type: Article

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