An efficient biosurfactant-producing and crude-oil emulsifying bacterium Bacillus methylotrophicus USTBa isolated from petroleum reservoir

Biochemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-53

  Chandankere, Radhika ^a   Yao, Jun ^a,b   Choi, Martin M F ^c   Masakorala, Kanaji ^a,d   Chan, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Emulsification; Growth kinetics; Microbial growth; Purification; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA ANALYSIS; BIOSURFACTANT PRODUCTION; CETYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; SOLE SOURCE OF CARBON;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMOLECULES; CRUDE OIL; EMULSIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GROWTH KINETICS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PURIFICATION; SURFACE TENSION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ANIONIC SURFACTANT; BIOSURFACTANT; CARBOXYL GROUP; CETRIMIDE; DNA 16S; HYDROXYL GROUP; PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS METHYLOTROPHICUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CARBON SOURCE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMULSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84875611954     PISSN: 1369703X     EISSN: 1873295X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2013.02.018     Document Type: Article

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