Screening and Evaluation of Biosurfactant-Producing Strains Isolated from Oilfield Wastewater

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-174

  Liu, Jianghong ^a   Chen, Yitong ^a   Xu, Ruidan ^b   Jia, Yunpeng ^a  

^a NORTHEAST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biosurfactant; Critical micelle concentration (CMC); Emulsification activity; Interfacial tensions; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876170464     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12088-013-0379-y     Document Type: Article

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